Blackburn – August, 2025

Blackburn – August, 2025

Last Friday night we had dinner with Laura, Mike, Nicola and Nigel.  Laura and her daughter Emmy made the big move from London to the Northwest to move in with Mike and his children so we saw their new place in Longton (near Preston) and had a good laugh and catch up...
Revisiting Rivington

Revisiting Rivington

Last weekend Frank took us camping – we arrived after work on Friday night at Wilcocks Farm Caravan Site at Rivington near Bolton. This was actually a revisit to a site we’d all been to before and I’d forgotten what a great little site it was –...
The Midland Hotel, Morecambe Revisited

The Midland Hotel, Morecambe Revisited

A dog friendly hotel stay at the 1930s retreat that is the Midland Hotel, Morecambe I got an email towards the end of last year from English Lakes Hotels offering a sale price on a winter weekend break at the Midland Hotel in Morecambe.  Yes please!  So away we went...