On reflection, setting off to drive across the wet, wild and perilously steep and winding roads of the Pennines in the pitch darkness of a wintry late Friday night, was not our wisest move
So we tend to think of ourselves as a bit more resilient up north (hard), what with us all travelling on terrible Pacer trains, eating gravy with everything and surviving, largely, without Pret a Manger every three metres.
Chris Moncrieff, one of the most respected lobby journalists of his generation and a Lancashire Post, Blackpool Gazette and Wigan Post columnist, has died.
After spending 20 years dealing with finding facts for stories and reporting them a.k.a journalism, it may be that I have fallen victim to my sceptical leanings in every area of my life.
Best known for her role as Coronation Street Landlady, Liz McDonald, Beverley Callard announced today that she has quit the Street to revive her role of Roxanne in The Thunder Girls when the show tours next year.
BBC North West Tonight presenters Roger Johnson, Annabel Tiffin and Owain Wyn Evans are pulling the red sofa across the region to raise money for Children In Need - and you can meet Pudsey.
By the time you read this we will have found out if we have had any luck in winning a handful of awards we are shortlisted for in the 02 Media Awards NW.
The GP drops her head in her hands as you explain - ever so patiently - that you have diagnosed yourself via the font of knowledge that is Dr Google and the prognosis is not good.
As suspected, my latest career move into radio at BBC Lancashire (Grin & Tonic with Nic and Gem, Sundays 4-6pm - blatant plug) has not been straightforward but what it has been is an absolute blast.
