A bit of Lancashire crossed my path.

This March I've had a bit of Lancashire England cross my path. My friend Julie of 24 years of Colne in Lancashire came to the U.S. to visit me after we hadn't seen each other in 14 1/2 years. We worked together in SF in 1993 then she moved to Berkeley, Kuwait,Beirut and then back to England. Colne is 6 miles northeast of Burnley or 25 miles from Manchester. This is a wonderful snow globe she got me for my collection.
Lancashire 2
Had the fortunate experience to see an invitation only preview of Trainspotting 2 and met Danny Boyle the famous director from Manchester.

Trainspotting 1 was shot 20 years ago and was about a gritty young group of friends from Scotland and their story of growing up on and off of Heroin. Trainspotting 2 is 20 years later, same actors and it shows what has happened with their lives. It had the same charming group of actors/characters always struggling and scheming to get ahead. The camera shots were stylish and there was magical realism in the shots portraying what they were experiencing on Heroin visually.

My two wonderful Lancashire experiences a few days apart and over 20 years in the making.