Dear Lady Earthwind,
The first frantic, later despairing, nature of your texts gave us a good deal of malicious glee at lunchtime.
Good to hear you're safe and sound back home.
It's ten years since I was last at Rivington, so I was armed with a map. It all came back to me what a PITA it is battling across the grain of the landscape through Wigan, Chorley and just about every town in the country that boasts a Rugby League team. First one way, then t'other. I never exactly got lost, but I was frantically re-checking the map at every road junction. If you didn't have a map, I don't think you'd have had a chance unless you were a regular - it's not terribly well signposted.
Thanks for Kwak's mobile number - turned out we were about 20 yards apart on different sides of a large bush!
See you (and Rattler?) at the Piper on Wednesday. Sure you can find it? (takes cover....
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Stay safe, and warm, and dry...
William
PS But you're still never gonna live it down!!