BACK HOME FROM NORTHAMPTON FAMILY MEAL

It looks as if the great deluge has finally ended although it is still quite mild out the stars are twinkling away tonight and it is dry. We didn't get up particularly early but I was awake a lot of the night with worry and the sciatic pain from my shoulder but nothing new in that part. The drive down to Northampton was a dream, near empty roads most of the way. Graham and Sue had actually come back from the New Forest a day early as the weather turned against them and they had enjoyed some good weather so cut their losses and headed home. When we arrived we thought they were out shopping but actually Graham was down at the marina sorting out the gas supply for Mark and Sarah, Mark is one of my nephews on my fathers side. They have a longboat on the canal/river at Northampton marina and have been living there for a couple of months.

We had a very nice traditional Sunday lunch at a hotel on the outskirts of town and it was tea time before we had to bid farewell, always great to catch up with this side of my family and on Wednesday we swap to my mothers side when my sister Yvonne and Graham ( yes a lot of Grahams!) stay on their way north to Thurso and Wick for a wedding. I've just sorted out the DVD orders for Mandy to post tomorrow morning, we only have Monday and Tuesday clear for filming this week with Friday now blocked out to see a consultant at Leighton hospital for my positive bowel cancer test, obviously hoping it eventually turns out to be a false alarm but it is hard not to worry, it has been a bit of a trying years for us both on the medical front. I've got to check the weather forcast for tomorrow, its mainly sunny which suggests trucks but Tuesday if cloudy will be buses, more than that I cannot say at present. I suppose as we were in Northampton we should have shots from there tonight. Includes some golden oldies from my B&W era!