7 photos from our trip to wales

7 sounds I'll be glad to get away from when we've moved

1. The bell from downstairs
2. Heavy traffic vibrating stuff
3. People shouting/talking loudly
4. So many sirens
5. Cars with really loud bass hanging outside
6. The Mollusc
7. Skateboards

7 facts about aluminium foil

1. Also known as Reynolds wrap after Reynolds Metals, the leading manufacturer in North America
2. To maintain a constant thickness in aluminium foil production, beta radiation is passed through the foil to a sensor the other side.
3. The first aluminium foil rolling plant was opened in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland in 1910
4. Aluminium foils thicker than 0.025 mm are impermeable to oxygen and water
5. A simple and inexpensive way to remove rust from and polish steel surfaces by hand is to rub it with aluminium foil dipped in water
6. Most Aluminium foil products can be recycled at around 5% of the original energy cost
7. In round figures it takes 4 tonnes of bauxite to make 2 tonnes of alumina, which makes 1 tonne of aluminium.

7 things I didn't know about Massachusetts

1. How to spell it
2. Massachusetts translates to 'near the great hill'
3. Its highest point is 3,491 ft at Mount Greylock
4. The state motto is: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem meaning By the sword she seeks peace under liberty
5. The major airport in the state is Logan International Airport
6. Massachusetts became the first state to issue same-sex marriage licenses, on May 17, 2004
7. The 14 counties of Massachusetts are: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket. All but two of the Commonwealth's counties are named for British counties, cities, or nobles.

7 answers to questions we got right in this week's University Challenge

1. 140 days
2. New Zealand
3. Silverfish
4. Paranoid Android
5. Taser
6. Richard III
7. Captain Oates

7 baby facts

1. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adult we have only 206 in our bodies as some bones fuse together as we grow.
2. A newborn baby's head accounts for about 1/4 of its weight
3. Approximately every 7 seconds a baby is born
4. The first child ever born on the continent of Antarctica was born in 1978
5. Babies are born without kneecaps
6. Babies are always born with blue eyes, within a few moments of delivery their eye color can change
7. If a baby continued to grow at the rate he does in his first year, by the time he reached adulthood, he would be as tall as Nelson's Column

7 postcards found in the loft