And a Happy New Year to you too

Driven out by my noisy neighbours we are spending the next two nights in an hotel. After 4 nights running last weekend WH had just about had enough of being kept awake until 4am by shouting, dogs barking and general carousing and un-neighbourly behaviour. Last New Year was worse, they didn't go to bed at all and the party was still going strong at 7am. Accordingly on Boxing Day WH booked two nights in the nearest hotel to our middle daughter's house in the midlands. Even if they were not going to be at home (they work over all the holidays normally) he reasoned that we would at least get a good couple of night's sleep.

The last laugh however is with those next door. It has all gone very quiet, the brother is in residence and the recycle bins are already out in the street for next Tuesday's collection. It seems our neighbours have also gone away so we could have stayed at home as normal.

Happy New Year.