Woke up to a beautiful sunny day and headed out for a return walk to Tatton Park – wearing sunnies in November proved to be an unexpected pleasure.

Gail’s in Knutsford was a brunch stop, before we moved on to the affluent suburb of Hale and then back to Altrincham for a meet up with Nick Looker, an old friend from Uni and my fellow traveller who joined me 30yrs ago for my round the world tour back in 1993.

After an enjoyable lunch in the food market, we made our way to Bolton to stay with my mum & dad and the house where I grew up.

Evening was spent at a great restaurant called Juniper in Standish with the folks for a proper catch up.