After Last weekend I was going to stay in and maybe sell or even give away my manc pride ticket. Well that was until I got a call from Mitch,  an old Newcastle mate last night, who was down there. I didn't go down last night as I was far too happy snuggled up on the sofa watching final destination 3 (some good deaths, especially the one in the gym, but not as good as the 1 & 2, and definitely not as good as "snakes on a plane" which I saw at the cinema this week, the 1st time in ages I have heard a cinema audience cheer)... anyway, today I jumped in the car and drove down to Manchesterford.   It was great to see Mitch and Peter and Jerry, and catch up on old gossip, as well as new gossip, thanks to a text from Oscar. I stayed down there long enough to have a wander around the stalls and purchase a "specialist" DVD for 'S' and I to enjoy in the privacy of his home (Abba Karaoke). I also stayed for the parade which was fab, from what I could see.  The sun came out, very briefly, it also started to rain, for a moment I was convinced we would get a real rainbow.