Manchester

Saturday morning was spent at the pool again - this time with the Bickerstaffs, there weren't as many in the pool this Saturday as last week, but they had a great time.

We got out at 11.30, walked back home and then got straight into the car to Manchester.  It was another rainy, grey weekend so we thought a trip to Manchester for a Chinese, some Asian shopping and maybe pop in to see Adam and Karen would be a good way to enjoy it.

Dim Sum time - fantastic food

Luckily Adam and Karen were home, so we did our usual Manchester routine.  We didn't get to Wing Yip until 1.30 so were starving by the time we got there, and had to wait impatiently for the dim sum trolleys to come round.  They did get to us and we had a wonderful lunch as always.  We then did a quick trip round the supermarket and managed to stock up on the essentials.


Next stop: Go Outdoors of course for a run around the tents.  Tom got himself a much reduced Weird Fish jumper which he was delighted with.  We then headed to the Komorowskis.  Believe it or not the sun actually came out for a while, so we had a BBQ in the garden with one of Leia's friends, Blanche.  Blanche was staying for a sleepover, we were slightly worried that they wouldn't be interested to play with Tom, but that wasn't the case, they were playing piggy in the middle for ages and ages, it was Rosa who got left out - bless her!

Worried he'll be eaten

Anyway, we had a good time, drank a little too much (as always) but it was good to catch up.  They will probably come to visit us during the summer holidays so they can go swimming in the outdoor pool as they loved doing that last year.

We left them Sunday morning and drove back via Beetham Nurseries where we had lunch.  Then a quiet afternoon at home with a bit of gardening (we bought a new plant to fill our last remaining pot). Tom fell asleep in the car on the way home from Manchester (he hasn't done that for months) and complained that he was tired in the afternoon - so he was in bed for 7!