It is now Saturday night and we are having a night in after a big day for all. Last night Rebecca and I went out for tea with a group of her friends, a couple of whom I had met briefly in '97. They are all in their 40's with 2 kids under 10 so I feel much more of an average mum in Chorlton! Today R and I took 3 younger kids on a literary whirlwind of activities. We drove to Lyme Park, about half an hour out of Manchester, to the stately home where Pride and Preju...

It is Wednesday evening and I am sitting in a cosy little bar having a lager and typing up this blog. Manchester is not very pretty and the weather is as grey and drizzly as I remembered, but I jUst love being back here. It obviously holds so many fond memories and there are great friends here so it just feels like a second home for me.i think Dan feels the same even though he hasn't been here since 1997! Sunday: lots of catching up with Rebecca about people we ...