<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/langham-hoteljan15.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2428" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/langham-hoteljan15.jpg" alt="langham-hotel(jan15)" width="248" height="165" /></a>We've been planning a visit to Northampton for several weeks and now Jane's health has stabilised we booked into the <a title="Langham Hotel" href="http://www.langham-hotel.co.uk/" target="_blank">Langham Hotel</a> on Barrack Road for two nights. Everyone told us there had been a recent murder in the area but, hey, what's new?

We popped into Rothersthorpe church on Friday for their coffee morning and met up with friends from the village. I went to meet up with a colleague from my ex work and Jane met up with several colleagues from the surgery. We both had a really good afternoon, talking about past times and catching up with current news. It's funny how things change but deep down they're just the same.

On Saturday we met up with someone Jane used to work with at South Northants council and in the afternoon we went to Wilby to see some friends. The highlight of the weekend was going out with Graham and Sue for dinner as it was his birthday, he's stopped counting how many. <a title="Turnpike, Harpole" href="http://www.beefeater.co.uk/steak-restaurant/Northamptonshire/Turnpike-Harpole.html" target="_blank">The Turnpike Inn</a> did us proud.

And after coffee on Sunday morning we headed for home. It was most strange to visit an area that we were more familiar with than our adopted home town. We realised how busy Northampton was compared to Lincolnshire but then we should expect this as Lincolnshire has half the population density. We don't miss the traffic or the queues in shops and supermarkets.