[Romantic Old Bird]

Hello again everyone.

I am still around. I just spent a week looking after my grandson in Brum, and I just didn't have an opportunity to get online.

As for the nostalgia corner stuff - I think if I never mention Helen and Paul again you will still know that they are my reality favourites of all time.

I still miss them, and the regular news about them so much. Everyone here falls upon any news of them as if they were nuggets of gold.

However, I think we have to accept that they have taken the private and personal route for their lives, and they may well be all the happier for it. Sad for them, but as long as the flame is still burning for them, I don't mind.

There was a window of opportunity for Helen to become 'big-time' but she didn't take it, for whatever reason, possibly mostly because of her Mr Clarke.

What we are faced with is indeterminable coverage of Jade, Jeff and Bobby on holiday, etc, etc.

So let's just hope that this year's BB is really memorable and someone shines through to take the headlines over.

Anytime that Heat, OK, Hello, Close, Star, Now or whoever want to give us an update on out two is fine by us.

One of these days I am sure we'll be opening up our mags and squealing with excitement to see the wedding of the decade