<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4736" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>A visit back to Northampton is always interesting. The traffic is probably no worse than when I lived there but it seems so much more busy compared to the slower pace of life (and traffic) in Lincolnshire.

After catching up with Sue &amp; Graham I went into town for lunch with an ex work colleague. We caught up on the state of Local Government when times are tough and the impact of outsourcing on the public sector (demise of Carillion). The new County Hall is a superb building and my old office now overlooks this architectural statement. There's a part of me that would have liked to have worked in it. The Data Centre is still housed across the road in the old County Police station so that hasn't changed at all.

I spent the afternoon with a couple of Jane's friends and ex work colleagues from Blisworth Surgery. It was good to reminisce about their time working together and also my experiences over the past six months. In the evening I had dinner with a family friend before heading for home rolling onto the drive just after 11pm. A busy and sociable day.