This blog post is coming to you from the departure lounge at Manchester airport. The day has finally come! It’s time.
It’s one of those days that’s been looming for a while but now that it’s actually here it feels pretty surreal. The Bateman wedding was full of joy and dancing and emotional goodbyes and I can’t imagine a better send off than all my family being together.

Someone pointed out to me recently that moving away doesn’t mean you lose all your old friends and start from scratch. I think I’ve needed reminding of this recently as moving got closer and it felt at times like I was leaving forever.
I’m really going to miss the places and people I love in Sheffield but can’t wait to arrive in Utrecht.