Wanted to mention that Jenny and family are all down in the Lake District with Robert, James, and their families for an inter - Xmas - New Year gathering.... in a place all together west of Penrith somewhere.

Spa day for Jenny was yesterday... which was a birthday present for her. She's coming up on 40 years old in a few days.

We are going to Manchester on Sunday to see Paul McCartney in concert. We have good seats (aka expensive seats) only five rows back from the stage.

I booked a place to stay in Chorley, which is northwest of Manchester, outside of the city (so less expensive), and thinking it'd be convenient enough just to drive and park at the concert car park.... ( Read more... )

I use an app on my phone to post. It doesn't work well. Consequently I am hesitant to post.

But I do want to mention one more thing: I'll be watching the Euros Football final tonight... Spain vs. England. Of course, being from Scotland, we'll be cheering for Espana.

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It was interesting last week to hear George Galloway won his seat as an MP down in Rochdale. He lives locally here and sometimes attends things at the primary school our granddaughters go to, as he also has kids there.

Here's some news from the Guardian today:

"George Galloway has been sworn in as the MP for Rochdale as parliament returned for the ( Read more... )

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We went to Warner Bros studios "Making of Harry Potter" tour yesterday with the fam. Lots to see. Had some butter beer.

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We visited Henley-on-Thames yesterday, which is a nice place near where Andy and Jenny have their caravan parked for the week.

We walked along the river, then up to see the gate of Friar Park (home of George Harrison's family)... then lunch at a Pizza Express.

From Yesterday:

Terrible traffic around London... makes it difficult to get anywhere you want to go. We tried going to Hampton Court but failed (blocked road and queues of traffic were terrible) then headed for Windsor but I took a wrong turn ... then finally made it to SOMEWHERE historical.... Runnymede, which is basically a big field.