Hi whenim64 thanks for the warm welcome and a north west meet up sounds great and i would love to join you. Very new to this sort of thing and as riverwalk says who wants to meet with a total stranger. Feel really stupid but once you meet a few people it all moves from there. I am on my own.... husband died many years ago and not a very welcoming daughter. Have two grandchildren and do volunteer work at local school and nursery. Miss work and the company of adults as my friends have either moved to another part of the country or live in Spain. Keep me posted...many thanks