{"id":741,"date":"2012-09-25T23:12:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T04:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bojnberry.ca\/~berry\/blog\/?p=741"},"modified":"2012-10-03T23:39:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T04:39:19","slug":"the-long-overdue-trip-to-england-recap-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bojnberry.ca\/~berry\/blog\/?p=741","title":{"rendered":"The Long Overdue “Trip to England” Recap Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last few years, I had thought about repaying my Mum for all those trips to England we took when I was a kid with one of our own. This year, I finally went through with it! It was a birthday\/Christmas present for her, so hopefully she isn’t cross when she realizes she’s only got a card (if that! oop!) under the tree this year. I also brought along my eldest (aka K1), so as not to saddle my sweet with three kids alone for two weeks. We spent 8 days in Bury, 4 in Blackpool and 2 in Portsmouth. We also spent a lot of tim on trains.<\/p>\n

My family is originally from a town called Bury, near Manchester. I’ve been there several times as a kid, but not since 1987, the last time I went with my Mum. Many things have changed, obviously, but some things kept that familiar feeling. For example: we did a laundry run midway through at a laundrette near my auntie’s old house. I managed to walk to her street without missing a turn. \u00a0Go me. We actually did quite a bit in Bury, and had quite a good time. We:<\/p>\n