Yes well I am back and it was okay.
A big thank you to those cellarites who offered to pay for another week but impossible owing to work commitments.
Really appreciated though and what a fine bunch you all are.
An honour to be a part of the Moon family as we move forward into this our new season.
England is the most beautiful place in the world if the sun is shining and shine it did.
But with a drop or two of precipitation the tables get turned and then it's plain old gloomy.
Sitting there under a heavy nimbostatus we pondered the unpredictability of the Lancastrian climate and questioned the merit of staycations.
Around six or seven years ago they were popular in the UK as the weak pound made abroad holidays more expensive.
And now we come full circle with the euro rate almost on parity with the pound.
The crac was there but without constant sunshine is it really the same ?
It was a very good short break and of course still highly recommended.
The hotels were cheap and not to capacity as school holidays have not yet kicked in.
Nothing dampens the Scottish resolve though and a cracking bunch of folk as usual.
No such thing as a tight Scotsman they are as generous as the day is long and I for one salute their indatigability and good spirits.
A pleasure and an honour to slurp in their company.
A few pictures taken with a Samsung Note at 13 mg landscape mode.