As some of you may know I've been in Southville this week, looking after Hilary's mother's flat. It turns out the flat is owned by none other than Luke Bailey, star of stage, screen and in particular Casualty. He plays the son of Tess, the no-nonsense charge nurse (or something), played by Suzanne Packer, the brother of sprinter Colin Jackson. This doesn't quite mean that Luke plays Colin Jackson's nephew, but it's not far out. He also hangs out with Bristol City legends Scott Murray and thingy Doherty, whose first name is clearly less legendary (to me) than his last, and his half brother is England U-21 player Tristan Plummer, so one way and another he's connected.

Anyway, he was a bit taken aback to find me in the flat when he came round last Friday, as due to a miscommunication he hadn't known I was going to be there. Under the circumstances, we hit it off as well as could be expected, he was very reasonable and pleasant and everything's fine, but it did strike me that the next time I see him on the telly I can claim to have met him. And when people ask me what he said, I can say he said "What are you doing in my house?"