Kell

I'm not much enamoured of Mel and Sue (in particular, I find Sue annoying, although the way Mel moos "Bake!" every time is particularly annoying too!), so I don't care that they won't be in Bake Off on Ch4. I'm glad Paul is staying, because of the two judges, I like him best (Mary is nice enough, but I'm sick to death of hearing her go on about how she's looking for "sheer perfection" - it's the only phrase she seems to know!). I would love it if Kirsty Allsop became one of the presenters, or even the sole presenter - I love her to bits, and find her cozy and sweet. I love watching her shows where she takes part in country fair competitions, and she looks like she enjoys a particular fondness for cakes and pastries - a woman after my own heart - I could be really good friends with a woman like that! As for a second judge, I don't know - I can't think of any other famous bakers. Perhaps Paul could carry the show alone!

I a TOTALLY crushing on Danny Mac - OMGs! And Judge Rinder can fairly move too - wooh! Have to say, I thought that even the weaker contestants weren't all that bad - there were no total duffers like there have been in previous years - not a single person scored under 21, which is a stark contrast to last year when I think I remember someone getting as low as 13 on week 1!

I'm glad Paul has decided to stay, as he's my favourite. It will now depend upon who else they get in whether or not I continue to watch it though...

Clare Balding is being bandied about as a possible host, but if she's on it, I won't watch it, as I can't stand her. Other names I've heard mentioned are Claudia Winkleman, Davina McCall, and Kirsty Allsop. I'd love to see Kirsty do it - I love her. Davina, I'm not hugely keen on, and although I'm not a huge fan of Claudia, I've warmed to her a little while watching Strictly, so Kirsty and Claudia would, I think, be a good fit and I might be enticed to give it a try once it shifts channel if they are chosen. Who they would have as judges, though, I have no idea.

Apparently it's being picked up by Channel 4, but as there is a clause in the original BBC contract that if someone else picks it up, it has to be at least a year after the end of the last BBC season of it before a new season can be shown elsewhere, we could be in for a bit of a wait! No talk yet on whether Mary, Paul, Mel or Sue will be transferring with the show, although Paul and Mary previously said they were keen to stay with the BBC, so when it does show up on Channel 4, there's a good chance it could be almost unreconisable as the show we all know and love! Not to mention there'll now be adverts in it. Will this now mean the show is shorter? It's currently an hour per episode with no breaks - if the length were kept the same, there would be around 40-45 minutes of actual show with 15-20 minutes of breaks. Or do they make it an hour and a half to keep the full length of the show and include the breaks as extra? And will there be stupid reminders of what happened before the break each time we return? And also "coming up after the break" spoilers? I'm not sure how I feel about this. I mean, I'm happy we'll still have Bake Off, but will it be anything like the show we have now? Only time will tell!

I auditioned for a part in a pro Xmas show last week, and I am now playing one of the leads - I'll be Candy, the Christmas Fairy in The Magic Toybox which will be touring various venues in Northumberland. I am absolutely chuffed to ribbons and can't wait to get started - the first rehearsal is tomorrow night.

I love the whole tiny home movement. If it was just me, I'd do it in a heartbeat. <3

Wow! You've had a time of it, haven't you?! Glad you seem to be on the mend now though! I have a busy week on this week. Tonight I did the first of three upcoming auditions. This one was for panto (Dick Whittington). I auditioned for Fairy Bowbells, Ship Mate, and Alice (the female lead). I really want to play Fairy Bowbells, but I said I'd accept any part if they wanted me in the show! I should hear the results by the end of the weekend. Fingers crossed! Tomorrow I'm busy in town with Mum and the boys - bank, post office, library, a bunch of stuff to buy. Wednesday I have rehearsals for Sister Act (I'm just Nun #11, but it's a lot of fun!). Thursday I'll be at Edinburgh Fringe all day with a group of people scouting shows to potentially bring to Northumberland. It'll be a long day, and we'll see four or five shows before coming home. Friday is our grocery shopping day, and I also have another Sister Act rehearsal. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we have our local annual maritime festival, but this year we'll be graced by the tall ships - exciting stuff! Next Wednesday will be the second of my three auditions - this is for another Xmas show (The Magic Toy Box), but it's paid work this time, so if I get a part in that one, I can legitimately claim to be a professional actor once more, after my extended break of 15 years! I don't know when I'll have time to breathe - LOL!

Looks like I'll be living forever then - LOL!

Congratulations, Noll! I'm proud of you.

I felt the same. I've just finished reading it, and although I did enjoy it, I felt parts of it were a little garbled and confusing, or, at least, not as well put as they could have been - there were several parts I had to read more than once to really get the gist of what was happening. Granted, I do most of my reading late at night, so tiredness may account for some of that, but I had similar trouble during the final battle in the last HP novel. (Seriously, I read that whole section three times before I could get to grips with who had done what and how and when and where - LOL.) I know script is a far different format from novel, but I'm used to reading scripts (you get to be when you're on the stage from being a kid!). This didn't scan particularly smoothly for me, and it felt quite jarring when it jumped from one time period to another, even before the whole time turner business - it just didn't flow well for me. And the characters all felt rather flat - they completely lacked the dimension they had in the novels. However, it remains that I did enjoy the story, and I'm glad I read it, but I'm equally glad I didn't fork out for it myself, and instead borrowed my Mum's copy, because I would have felt a little put out if I'd been out of pocket for this. I won't be buying my own copy to add to my Potter collection - I shall leave it as it is.

My Mum has loaned me her copy and I'm about a dozen or so scenes in. Enjoying it so far, although I find Albus a bit of a petulent, sulky brat - LOL!

OMGs, I got notification tonight that I've been nominated for Woman of the Year by my Slimming World group! Even if I don't win it, I'm totally chuffed that I got nominated. Absolutely made my day!

Did anyone see the French gymnast breaking his leg? Just snapped it right in half during his land after a vault - it was flopping all over the place at the most horrifying angle! I felt rather sick when I saw it!

On Monday, I Braved the Shave for Macmillan Cancer Support and sent my hair (15 inches of it weighing 13oz!) off to Little Princess Trust to make wigs for kids who have lost their hair through chemo.

I'll be watching some track and field events, some of the diving, and as much of the gymnastics as possible - I love those bits! <3

I know technically I shouldn't, according to all the experts' advice, but I do anyway. Largely because I don't have enough counter space in my kitchen!

I recently started stitching again after quite a long break. I did stitch a wedding sampler for my best pal's wedding last November, and it was the first thing I'd stitched in a few years! I'm busy stitching a few bookmarks for a craft stall at the moment to ease myself back into it.

Did anyone else notice that Gendry (Robert Baratheon's out-of-wedlock son) who was helped to escape by Melisandre) just disappeared and hasn't been heard of since he set off in that little boat? Surely that can't be a dead end? A big deal was made of hunting him down because he was the king's son (even if not legitimate) and his blood being of value because it is the blood of a king, but then he just disappears and is never heard of again? I don't think so! Surely he's still of some importance? We can't just write him off...

A girl finally got her finger out and got back to what she does best - vengeance (and a spot of baking)! And her big sister finally grew balls and showed herself to be not only a shrewd strategist, but equal to her little sister when it comes to revenge! And their younger brother proved that not zigzagging when being shot at with arrows is a bad idea. (Seriously, what I the only one yelling, "Serpentine, you idiot! Serpentine!" at the telly?) And one queen rid herself of all her rivals in one spectacular swoop, gained everything she ever wanted, but then lost the only person who mattered to her (who expected that leap? I was so surprised!). And another queen flirted with an Iron-born princess (was I the only one seeing the sparks flying between those two?), and finally started crossing the sea to her destiny. And a man who knew nothing finally started knowing a few things. And even though he still doesn't know his own heritage, the viewers got a hint of it (and a million fans screamed "R+L really DOES = J!" at their TV screens). Winter is no longer coming - it's here - and I can hardly wait for what's coming next!

I can eat an entire stick of rock! I always crunched them, even as a child. Good, strong teeth here - one tiny filling when I was 21, but no other dental work done at all other than the occasional scale and polish (I'm pushing 40 now!). Have you ever seen rock being made? It's quite clever!

I loved The Fault In Our Stars, but gave up on Katherines as I just couldn't get into it at all. As a result, I was kind of put off trying Paper Towns and haven't picked up anything else by this author. Love his Vlog Brothers stuff though, and absolutely adored The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which was created by his brother (the other half of Vlog Brothers, obviously).

2016 can do one - it's officially the suckiest year ever for people dying! Not content with killing off our "vintage" stars, it's now started picking off the young ones too. It just sucks. It totally sucks!!!