Christabel, we generally go to London, not too much of a hardship, the train is just over 2hrs and we have been to lots of places, and several of the museums. Clients generally are happy for us to arrive about 11 or later, so not too early a start.
I think there is work in the North, mostly in Manchester though?? There are a few mums on here who work up that way, phoenix and trace2 for starters.
We have quite a few friends in London, so have stayed over a couple of times.
How did the meet up go, sorry to have missed it, spent the day at a hill climb, the boys loved it, and was in the most beautiful countryside, so DD had a run round, hoping for early sleep tonight