The small town of St Neots contains “mini” versions of all the high street shops as well as a selection of independent emporiums and a variety of charity outlets.  The small museum offers childrens’ activities in the holidays and various historical tours of the town.  The bridge over the Great River Ouse boasts a pub at the town entrance and many other hostelries in other streets.  My favourite place is the St Neots Public Library which, today, is the first building mum and I visited so that she could sit and read the papers whilst I walked to do the shopping.  The staff in the library are not only helpful but often help me to negotiate the catalogue so that I can order newly published books. This morning two librarians scoured the shelves for a copy of The Miniaturist – which they found. Mum then sat in the comfy chairs with a copy of The Guardian.  There were three other people in the sitting area and I knew that when I returned mum would be friends with all of them.  Indeed she was and not one page of the paper had been turned!