Happy New Year to you all. I'm finally getting around to updating this with news of my Xmas visit home. I arrived late Xmas Eve to a very foggy Liverpool airport - thank goodness the other passengers looked relaxed as this helped me stay cool as I watched England's foggy countryside pass beneath us; at one point the crew were worried that visibility would decrease and make landing "difficult". For this reason they had boarded us early, but our departure was delayed 'cos some bloke decide to leave one of his bags in the waiting area. As the Spanish police were on alert; it was Xmas Eve, they had very promptly removed said bag. They were apologetic anmd said they would look for it and return it to its proper owner ASAP. Shortly afterwards a nice security lady came on board and apologiased profusly for having lost said suspicious bag- it was nowhere to be found!!!!! Good job it didn't contain a bomb!!!! (the owner of the bag was, by pure coincidence Arabic).
Anyway- got to Blighty safe and sound. Spent Xmas day at my mum's friends Pat and Jackie; Boxing Day we hit the sales (Debenham's is great to beat the Xmas TV desert). I then spent various days visiting Woody, Lee and San, and popped up to Lancaster for New Year's Eve; where I managed to see Dave, Phil, Anne and families. Then it was back to B/burn and get my stuff together to spend a night in Tranmere at dad and Caroline's. Lunch with Rob and Penny in Manchester's Chinatown and then down to North Hants to visit Sara. I also managed to spend a day in Birmingham with Josie and K.
It was great to catch up with folk (even if only for a couple of hours), and I apologise to anyone I didn't see and I hope to see you soon either here or there.