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The weather forecasts conflicted, and it did rain a few times, just light drizzle really, nothing too bad. And hello, Gypsy Ryan, welcome to the world, lots of love to you and new parents Bambi and Brett, friends of Helen in New South Wales. Where the path was really overgrown, with long grass and everything, I was very conscious of every tickle. And Heald Green itself must be at the end of a Manchester Airport runway, because the planes came in very low, very fast and very loud, you could almost see the freckles on the noses of the faces of the passengers in the window seats.

Asher does amazing things with cheap materials and straightforward construction tips, and better an elegant palm tree than another slutty nurse. We went back up in the lift, and walked down the stairs, 60 of them, like we should have done in the first place! As soon as I even thought about getting my phone out, even though it was way over there on the other side of the lake, it walked behind a bush, purely to stop me from getting a picture. On this visit, neither Martha nor I could detect the smell of chocolate from this flower, although other people were able to.Jane Asher herself, quarantining in the UK with her family, heard about her new Twitter fame from her daughter-in-law and from staff at the National Autistic Society, of which she is president. And it wasn’t too busy: that was another reason for going today, it’ll be much more busy during the school break. The plan was to go into Manchester by bus, but after waiting for over twenty minutes, we resorted to Plan B. I met Arlo, she signed the book, and even recorded a little announcement for my radio show which was very kind.

The growing popularity of products including Ovaltine and Odol toothpaste didn’t escape attention either, the latter appearing illustrated in 1940s catalogue Weldon’s Fancy Dress for Children as a nautical pyjama get-up complete with swishy red, blue and white trousers. He was very nonchalent about beating me, fair and square, to the point where for a moment, I wondered whether he even realised he’d won the game! I can’t tell you how disappointed I was to discover that when I do a burst shot, I only get 30 pictures. The tram ride home was uneventful, the novelty of sitting and travelling backwards soon wore off for William though.In more watery news, we went to watch the children’s swimming lessons, and we are blown away by how good they both are. Were they dressing up in their lunch hour, carefully removing their smart work clothes and donning chaps? Tell me how you’re reading the blog, PC, phone, whatever, which browser, and if it’s a recent issue. What we didn’t expect to see in Wythenshawe was new trams that have been introduced as part of the new Bee Network, integrated public transport for Manchester.