I went to England for long weekend in the middle of September. That may seem absurd – going all that way for such a short time – but I'm changing jobs and I may not get any vacation time until I've been at the new job for a few months, and I didn't want to leave it too long between visits.

I missed out on seeing Tony's children grow up, and I don't want to miss out on the grandchildren. I managed to get all three kids together on the Sunday, and we went for a day out on the North York Moors Railway to Pickering.