My partner of 35 years and I have never bought each other Valentine cards or presents. However, the last few years we have been out to dinner as we have found some great deals.

Thank you, thought I had a good list of Manchester library history but had missed this.

Heard Brian speak at Leeds Literature Festival. Struck me that our country would have been very different if the centre of power had stayed in the North as it was once.

Of course you can! Try doing a thousand words a day. I have found that quite manageable - should even leave some time for editing

We need more aqua aerobics classes. Wherever I go they are over subscribed. Men often miss out as the women seem to be better at booking as soon as they go online.

Drake the Bookshop in Stockton is good, they are part of the Crossing the Tees book / library festival in mid June. Truman Books in Farsley Leeds run a local literature festival in the autumn. There is also Holdfast, a bookshop on a barge in Leeds Dock.

Great album. Came out when I was 16. Debbie Harry was the first cool person called Debbie.

Great photographer. Loved seeing his photos of Skinningrove displayed earlier this year at Land of Iron Museum in Skinningrove tottmagazine.co.uk/articles/rev...

What on earth do people take? I recently booked one 20kg case between two of us for a 10 day holiday. When I put it on the scales it was only 16kg despite having included 2kg of books for a local library.

Made me smile. Images of you following large fish down to the sea.

Scary for local people or walkers who might need an ambulance or mountain rescue.