I have created a rotating banner script for a new site I'm developing View banner here(it rotates every 10 seconds)

Unfortunately to the transition seems to be a biut buggy, and the image will fade out, show the same image again and then fade in the new one. I think I have made a simple error somewhere, but can't figure out where it is. the code used to cycle the banners is:

In document ready:

if ($('.home').length > 0){
        $('<img width="100%" />').attr('src', '/assets/img/backgrounds/home/hero'+homecount+'.jpg').load(function(){
                $('.hero').append( $(this) );
                $('.hero img').fadeIn('medium').delay(10000).fadeOut('slow', loopImages);
                setHeroHeight();
        });
    }

Outside document ready:

function loopImages(){
    homecount = homecount+1;
    if (homecount > 5){
        homecount = 1;  
    }
    $('.hero img')
        .attr('src', '/assets/img/backgrounds/home/hero'+homecount+'.jpg')
        .load(function(){ $('.hero img').fadeIn('fast')}).delay(10000).fadeOut('slow', loopImages);
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Dave