Weekend readers' pictures: Expectation

Ray Grasse: “I was struck by this lone figure seemingly waiting for someone – or perhaps just passing time. I’ll never know” Photograph: Ray Grasse

Monica Fitch Taylor: “This is me at nine months pregnant, camping in a VW bus in Cornwall. Nils was born safe and sound” Photograph: Monica Fitch Taylor

Dave Cowan: “I suspect this was something of a ritual – the dog ended up eating about half the guy’s fish supper” Photograph: Dave Cowan

Rachel Watts: "My daughter - she was expecting to go inside the restaurant for pizza" Photograph: Rachel Watts

Tom Bradley: "In the first epilepsy clinic in Sierra Leone, April 2011, a patient undergoes an EEG to detect the nature and extent of his epilepsy - and get treatment for the very first time (he is in his forties). Approximately 70% of patients can have their seizures fully controlled by medication - but in Sierra Leone a lack of resources mean that the overwhelming majority of people with epilepsy are living without access to medication" Photograph: Tom Bradley

Pete Holmes: "Hand in hand, two young bridesmaids eagerly anticipate the bride's arrival" Photograph: Pete Holmes

John Mclachlan: "I've been watching swallows nesting in these sheds for years, so I decided to try to get a photograph of the parents feeding the chicks. With the light levels low and the swallows fast it took a lot of attempts before I got this one of the parent trying to live up to the chicks' expectations" Photograph: John Mclachlan

Niamh Coulter Young: "When my son was small he would routinely go and stand under any ice-cream hatch and wait, and wait and wait. He's a little older now but will still hold steadfast to get his own way" Photograph: Niamh Coulter Young

Denise Creely: "Walking on Watergate Bay I saw this surfer waiting for the right conditions so he could take to the waves" Photograph: Denise Creely

Teresa Lee: "This is my son Charlie whizzing down a water slide covered in washing up liquid, clearly aware of what is about to happen next. Happy days!" Photograph: Teresa Lee

Nic Butler: "Treat time for Liquorice - pretty much the only exercise he partakes of" Photograph: Nic Butler