Woke up this morning to rain. Everyone was blaming us. Not sure why. Breakfast,  packed and away by 10, heading up the M5. Big trucks lots of traffic but fortunately in our direction it kept rolling.  They weren’t so lucky on the other side down to a stop which appeared to go for miles.  They use miles over here.  About lunch time we take a left and end up in a little town called Penkridge, in a little tea shop eating a cheese and onion toasted sandwich.  Locals were asking us what brought us to Penkridge where we had admit we just made a left turn because we were hungry.  Back onto the M5 which then changed to the M6.  It was beginning to dry up and the wipers were not working anywhere near as hard.  We arrived at Aunty Anne & Uncle Jimmy’s in Wigan around two thirty. 

Wigan was all about meeting the rallies.  As well as Anne & Jimmy we caught up with cousin Alan, Sarah & Eliza (Pommy born Kiwi made) 

and new boy friend John.  Cousin Josie & John. Aunty Margaret, cousin Christine & Alan & Emily (cousin Kevin’s daughter).  Aunty Josie & Alan, cousin Stephen,  and Aunty Mary.

Later Thursday afternoon we went with Anne & Jimmy over to cousin Catherine & Chris (with daughters Isobel & Abigail) in Chester where we all went out to an Itialian Resturant.  We both had pasta meals.