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 ...

It is Saturday afternoon and we have just arrived at Heathrow, now waiting for our third and final flight today. We left Graeme's at 6.45, saying goodbye to the delightful Alex and Claudia. All felt sad but the early wake up meant they were all still half asleep. Stopped at Barcelona airport, now here and on to Manchester. I told Nate the weather would be rainy and I think he was disappointed to see a sunny day! I'm sure a week in Manchester will make him want t...