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One thing I'm definitely going to miss about Urmston is Saturday mornings; where Sally and I go into the town centre, get some breakfast and take a look in some of our favourite shops - which includes the excellent Traditional Sweetie Shop.

This week's confectionery of choice was a colourful selection of bon-bons!

I love birds and so was pleased to see a range of bird illustrations by Jacqui Oakley hit the front page of Behance Network.

Using a combination of oil paints, ink and digital media in her work, Jacqui explains why the feathered creatures are so fun to illustrate; "I love working on bird illustrations. There's so much personality and texture to work with. It is funny lately that I've had multiple requests for similar 'bird song' compositions. I try to make each one distinct though."

You can see more of Jacqui's work on jacquioakley.com

I'm not going to lie; I'm massively excited about moving to Norway - but it's pretty stressful.

Today I felt the need to share some coveted facts about the nation's much-loved Terry Wogan. Twitter was the medium of choice and #terrywoganfacts was the hash tag. Here's a round-up of all the Terry Wogan facts that we learnt today:

• Terry Wogan thinks he can hear the curious tone of a cornet, clarinet and big trombone. ≠
• Terry Wogan once shook Jeremy Beadle's small hoof hand. ≠
• Terry Wogan sometimes dresses up as Wolverine and makes his work colleagues call him Terry Logan. ≠
• Terry Wogan modeled his hair style on the shape of the Stone Henge. ≠
• Terry Wogan's favourite cheese is Stilton. ≠
• Terry Wogan once let football star Peter Beardsley sit on his knee and tell him what he wants for Christmas. ≠
• Terry Wogan once punched a swan in the throat. ≠
• Terry Wogan ate a can of sweetcorn and pooed a whole corn on the cob as a bet. He won three pound six pence. ≠
• Terry Wogan found Teletext and thought he'd turned his TV into a mirror when he'd actually landed on the Bamboozle! quiz. ≠
• Terry Wogan was born in Uganda and lived there until they gained independence from Britain in 1962. ≠
• Terry Wogan gained an Irish accent after spending his youth talking to jockey from the horse-racing board game Totopoly. ≠
• Terry Wogan once challenged Anneka Rice with a sword. ≠
• Terry Wogan was born over 7ft tall and has progressively shrunk over the years. ≠
• Terry Wogan bought @DuncanBannatyne's book for self-improvement. He uses it as a booster seat to reach the dinner table. ≠
• Terry Wogan tried to move the BBC to Ireland but got stopped by airport security for having scissors in his hand luggage. ≠
• Terry Wogan once played a game of dominoes with the Queen and spat in her face when she beat him. ≠

And a few equally exciting facts from other people. However, I can't personally uphold any legitimacy of these claims:

• He has a doppelganger in a parallel universe who lives up north, plays rugby and eats pies. He's called Terry Wigan. ≠
• He's hoping to release his own range of biscuits: Wogan Wheels ≠
• He takes it up the arse. ≠

That's it! No more #terrywoganfacts from me until he dies.

Won't be long now...

I watched this film last night; it's been so long. I love it, though.