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Jim and Marie from Hardwick are both brilliant photographers...scroll down and see Jim's Frampton on Severn masterpiece

I'm glad to say they are now trying to out do each other. Marie has offered this stunning image on the Severn Bridge...go girl!

I always appreciate your photographs...keep them coming, you can email them to me at cummings@bbc.co.uk

When we doubled our dog ownership I asked for your photos to prove two can be better than one.

I will add something cute of Tyler and Stella when I can pin them down...for the time being many thanks to Rachel for her photos of Jack and Spike...to Liz and Gavin from Kings Stanley with Dandy and Magic...and Jenny for her magic couple...keep them coming in...cummings@bbc.co.uk

So what are the rules for that perfect BBQ?

Does it have to be charcoal or are gas bbq's ok?
Why do men always have to take control of the cooking?
Simple burgers or should you be more experimental?
Instant bbq from the garage... or top dollar versions you see in garden centres?
What rules for how much drink you can/should drink during the long cooking process?
Is there anything wrong with cremated food...

Tune in this Tuesday - when I'll be meeting the international BBQ champions to find out what really matters when cooking outdoors.

Thanks to John and Richard for their photos at The Cotswold Air Show this weekend. I enjoyed it for free by cycling in the vicinity and occasionally looking up! (See more of John and Richard's fab photos of The Cotswold Air Show here)

Hope you had a great weekend whatever you got up to. Join us everyday from 6;00am for another week of uplifting, informative shows. This Tuesday is the longest day and we will be with early morning swimmers at the Lido in Cheltenham who will be dipping from sunrise at 4;43!

Thanks to the brilliant Jim from Hardwick who constantly delights us with his skill. Midnight at Frampton on Severn doesn't get much better than this.

This week we are looking at those skills that seem to be fading away.

On Tuesday's show we looked at the dying art of handwriting. We spent time with the calligraphy team in Woodchester showing us how it should be done.

On Wednesday we will be exploring the lack of cooking ability with the younger generation. Adam is 24 years old and can't fry an egg!! Find out how he got on with a simple lesson in the art of egg gastronomy.

Have you got some cracking stories of children ringing up once they have left home with a plaintiff appeal for help...with how to cook something...how to wash something...how to fix something?

Do post a comment or email me at cummings@bbc.co.uk

It's taken 18 months trying to persuade Mrs C to agree to this!

Having previously adopted Stella the rescue lurcher...we've now decided to add Tyler to the collection. He is from the same recue centre and called Tyler because he was found thrown onto a tile roof when he was a pup.

They get on pretty well...if you have any advice/tips on how to integrate two dogs I'd love to hear from you! Plus any cheesy pictures of two dogs playing/sleeping together would be wonderful too.

cummings@bbc.co.uk

I started my week on Breakfast by setting my colleague Claire Carter a mission.

After seeing the first High Street version of the Kate Middleton wedding dress in the Sunday papers, I challenged Claire to be pictured wearing one by the end of the week.

It's been a rocky road, that's taken Claire in many different directions... and away from the High Street - but congratulations, what a result! Here she is not only playing Kate, but also Pippa.

Dresses were designed by Tracey Salt from Chanticleer in Cheltenham.

Find out how it went with us on Breakfast Friday morning from 6am with Steve Kitchen.

Did you have any luck bidding for Olympic tickets?

I wasn't aware that Tuesday midnight was the deadline for taking your ticket money until the 6am news during Wednesday's Show. So when I logged onto my credit card website during a song I received a bit of a surprise. Let's face it the whole process is just weird.

Where else would you pay in credit for products up front, not knowing if you would receive some, or none of the goods? Where else would you be lucky enough to be allowed to buy one, or even all of the products you've ordered, not knowing when the money would be taken? Where else would you, as is my case now, have some money taken for a product not knowing what you've bought?

Not that I'm ungrateful, I wouldn't want you thinking that. At least I have tickets for whatever it is I've been allocated, and at least I'm not bankrupt by getting all that I asked for. That's not the case for my poor producer Mary who was so keen to sample the Olympic spirit that she bid for Taekwondo and BMX tickets. However it seems that Taekwondo and BMX racing is the new black. Mary's Olympic bid has gone the way of England's World Cup bid. All her enthusiasm drew a blank, and she can't even blame Sepp Blatter.

So how did you get on? Did you get what you hoped for? Or were you like the much publicised Mr Hunt who had the shock of his life when he won 11 thousand pounds worth of tickets, after hearing that they'd be hard to get hold of...whoops!

Please drop me a line with your story to steve.kitchen@bbc.co.uk