I've had a catching up period lately - catching up with old friends who I had lost touch with - all thanks to email! (Well, mainly.) Managed to contact 4 old college friends and 2 old school friends in the last few weeks. It's is so easy to gradually lose touch with people when you don't see them every day like you used to.

I had a terrific bunch of friends at college, 4 great years and I missed the social life a lot when I started work - all the teachers where I work being married with young kids then. Over the years, people move on and change - several of my no-good boozing college friends are now in very sensible conventional jobs. Like me really!

I enjoyed being a carefree student, and being taught rather than being the teacher! I even quite enjoyed studying and exams. Best of all were the Friday and Saturday nights trawling the pubs of Southampton....ah, happy days!