They’ve gone off tonight to see Stevie Wonder at the Manchester Arena (M.E.N) … and Ann at least was like a kid at Christmas!

Still, at least he hasn’t let them down like Barry White did!

Well this is a bonus … living in Manchester means that we can now pay a visit to Hay-on-Wye over a single day!  Ann, Wendy, Jim and myself left Manchester at 9am this morning and arrived in Hay-on-Wye around abut 12:30 after taking a leisurely drive off the motorways.

The little bit of a downer on the day came when we realized that the £1 book shop had been taken over by new management and that it was now a “£1, £2 or £3 book shop”

Still, I did manage to find 3 of the books that were on my, admittedly, short list of wanted books and altogether I got 14 books so that should keep me going for a few weeks   Ann really surprised me this time as she almost bought as many books as I did!  And Jim even managed to spend £4 on 3 books (thereby blowing his book budget for the next couple of years at least).

All in all it was a very pleasant day out for us all.

The day is finally here … the house is sold and we’re off to “sunny” Manchester to live.  So after 32 years I am finally “returning home” (who’d of thunk it?).

We expected that it would take the four removal men about 90 minutes to load up the house contents as it was all boxed up and stacked in the room nearest to the front door (except for the beds and sofas), but no, it actually took almost 5 hours!

Just been asked today if I will stay working for CCC for another 4 weeks   ‘course I agreed as there really is not anything available on the job market at the moment.

I have just started a new job working for Canterbury City Council. This is a temporary job for 2 months filling in for a person off on long term sick.

The pay is poor in comparison to working for the banks but at least it’s a job!