Have a great photo of the girls and Ray greeting John (Ray's Dad) at his front door in Blackpool - the first time any of us had been there. It was a happily emotional time. From the end of his street,we can see the Pleasure Beach roller coaster - which once used to be the biggest roller coaster in the world. We travelled over to Darwen the next day to visit Aunty Margaret and also catch up with his Uncle Tom (who Ray has never met) and his wife Margaret (who is also a Margaret Ollerton). Yesterday we had a trip up to Skipton to the castle there - apparently the best preserved castle in the UK. It was fascinating and the girls were able to really relate to the Robin Hood movie we went to see that night. On the way home, we stopped off at Accrington to have a look at the Primary School and High School Ray used to go to as well as a house he used to live in. Having a quite day today in Blackpool - probably go up Blackpool Tower and walk along the beach. Tomorrow we are heading off to the Lakes District and then it's off to Rome at 6am on Monday morning. Running out of time on the library computer. So will sign off for now. Marg