All of us here at The White House wishes everyone a Happy New Year with all of the very best for 2017.

And we also hope it will improve dramatically for us…………….

The children left home at 3am on New Years Eve for a school ski trip, extremely excited, but we were dismayed to receive a call from the trip leader on the morning of the 2nd January to say Ed had fallen and broke his wrist, with 6 ski days left to the holiday that he couldn’t join in.

Not to be outdone, I slipped and fell walking the dog the very next day and broke a rib!

It’s not as bad as it sounds, and hurts most when I laugh, which wasn’t helped when Mel rang to ask how I was and we both ended up crying with laughter as I explained I had fallen when out walking with Rod as part of our New Year “healthy living” resolution.  It just proves my life long belief that exercise is very bad for you……………