2009 Top Five - Best Days Five days when I went to bed and lay there and loved my life last year. There were many others mind including a scenic drive to the adobe village at Taos Pueblo in Colorado and a chilly summer's day arriving at Gatwick at 6.30am and picking my son up to watch the pre-season game at Bournemouth. They didn't make the Top Five Best Days, but these did:

1. The birth of my daughter
October 26th, at precisely 5.37pm Arabella came into our lives and they will never be the same again, only better.
New arrival

2. Chicago
August 17th. A Monday night and as I once used to say the best night to go out as it was the start of the weekend. I was back in the windy city on the balmy summer's day and I gathered all my old mates and we basically just got on it.
Chicago and an ounce of Stella

3. Lille
April 16th. A single long day with my son in Lille with him practicising his French on passing strangers together having a lot of fun. It was a day to cherish.
Lille

4. Zip lining in Puerto Rico
February 13th. An an exhalting experience, gliding on cables sat in harnessess a 100 feet up flying through a jungle of palm trees and African tulips in the forests of Guaynabo in Puerto Rico. I plan to do more zip lining for my son's birthday in February.
Zip lines

5. Ducking of the wench
May 30th. FA Cup day but it passed my parents and us by as we had a cracking day watching wenches being ducked, walking on beaches, eating ice creams and having dinner while the sun went down.
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