23/24 September 2006

A lovely weekend! Mandy & Dave arrived late Friday night but recovered after a beer or two. They were going to the match at Anfield on Saturday starting at 12.45 and then into town to meet up with friends. We decided to do the next leg of the Lancashire Trail starting at Rivington and walking to Abbey Village, 9 miles away. It really was the most beautiful day, blue sky, sunny, the smell of autumn and a lovely walk through beech woods beside a stream. Lots of fungi, berries, butterflies etc. We got to Abbey Village at around 3 pm and had a quick drink at the pub before returning to Rivington for J's car. We agreed to met in Ormskirk to do some shopping but unfortunately I got hopelessly lost around Balckrod and didn't arrive until about 20 minutes after J!! It was a bit like a nightmare when you know you need to be somewhere but you just cannot get there, I knew I had to turn off the main road but couldn't find the turning. I asked directions in the end and it all seemed so obvious. My glasses were in my bag in the boot of J's car so I couldn't even look at the map!! The joys of old age!!
Sunday morning J, Mandy and Dave went to Maplins for a new harddrive for B's computer. A great thunderstorm whilst they were away which Bournville took great exception to and hid for most of the day. The computer now works, complete with Windows etc and has returned to Peterborough with M and D. Roast dinner at 2 pmish then a laze around until the golf finished (Dave is a bit of a fan!)before they set off in time for Mandy to play netball at 8 pm. Did she make it??? A new serialisation of Jane Eyre on TV so all in all a very good weekend. Wonderful to hear Ben's news about his job - will he have time to fit it into his busy schedule? A new address would be nice sometime! We are off to Hadleigh on Saturday for Mum's 80th birthday celebrations, stopping in Cambridge on Friday night as Mandy is, inconsiderately, going away.