Somehow I have let my land talk me into this. Granted we live in Warwick so it is not as bad as it is for most of you but it is a proper mission. One of my daughters is decent at hockey and her under 16 team I coach is still in the England hockey cup. We have had two sizeable away trips the last couple of weekends. Sunday we were in Chester and the week before we were in Thirsk. I asked her if she wanted to come with us to Newcastle “where is Newcastle?” “About an hour past Thirsk” “no. That is an awful idea”