Finally got around to posting this

I was driving down to my parental units just before new year, and it suddenly dawned. Kev said he was going to be at his parents in Cheltenham, only a few miles from my parents. For those that don't know, he's been in the US for around a year. So I tried to contact him to see if we could meet up. After some phone tag we eventually managed to speak . I managed not to get lost getting there. It was great to see Kev, Cath and little Meg. As a bonus another mate from Uni days was there, John. He's been out of the country even longer. Was great to see them all and catch up a little. I could only stay for a short time though.

For new years itself we (my parents, myself, my sister and her boyfriend) went down to portsmouth to see the usual crowd of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc. I've not seen much of my family due to the distance and being skint, so it was really really good to see them all again.