On Friday night I travelled across Yorkshire, east to west, to be interviewed by the Mayor of Todmorden for the town’s book festival.
Back when I learnt to sort letters by hand as a postman in the late 60s, Todmorden was in Lancashire but it’s now in Yorkshire (just about) and I’m told the county line runs right through the Town Hall.

We were in the beautifully preserved Hippodrome Theatre for the opening event. As they used to say on ‘Ready, Steady, Go’, the weekend started here.