Weekend away, and more live music

At the start of the month, it was time for what has become our annual UCECU reunion, coinciding with Bonfire night. I got a lift down with Steve and Tanya – they drove down from Glasgow, stopping in Manchester on Friday night when I went out for food with them – and we arrived down at Phil & Mary’s in Worcestershire early afternoon. There weren’t as many of us this year because Helen and her two kids had car issues, so had to bail at the last minute, but it was still nice to get a few of us together.

In the evening we went to see a fireworks display at the Astwood Bank Cricket Club, which as usual had a really good turnout. It was pretty cold – it caused me to get get quite breathless on the walk there, but I pretty much recovered once we were just standing around in the field.

Fireworks at the Astwood Bank Cricket Club.

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My garden has some plants!

I finally have some a bit of colour in my back garden! Mum’s been back this week to arrange all my new plants, and I think it looks really great! And I mentioned last time I needed to get more soil – well, I’ve spent an absolute fortune on dirt this week! I needed so much of it to bring it up to the level of the surrounding walls! I just hope all the new plants make it through the winter!