Due to needs to swap days around this week -so that Monday was Wednesday and Thursday was Friday - I had the very rare opportunity to take my birthday 'off' and arranged to meet a long standing friend (like 30+ years) who shares my exact birthday and who lives in Glasgow.

The trains ran to time, I enjoyed some good conversation and tasty food, and was safely home by 9p.m.  People deride the Railway Town but it really is the Dubai of the UK rail industry!

Photo near Park Circus, which I took for the dramatic moodiness of the sky as it silhouetted the statue.

As I begin my sixty-fourth circuit of sol, I feel very blessed.