[Margaret Pilkington]

The rellies arrived in the early hours of Wednesday morning......like something to one. I didn't wait up, but I did hear them arrive so I got up to make them a cuppa and offer them some food and welcome them.
There had been a right MCU (monumental cock up) at Manchester airport....the flight up from Heathrow had been delayed due to bad weather conditions.......and when they got into Manchester all the domestic baggage handlers had gone home, so they waited over an hour to get the luggage offloaded and only managed to get to the Car hire place one minute before it closed.
The good thing about coming in so late was that the roads from Manchester were quiet.
The first day of their holiday in the Uk was bright and sunny and they couldn't understand what all the fuss had been about the poor summer.

They have left us now for a road trip around Scotland, Ireland (where both their families have their roots) and a little bit of Wales.
They aren't coming back to stay with us, but are going to use the caravan belonging to a member of the family.
I haven't demolished the bed though....just in case.
All that work for 3 nights!