Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours

Saturday and we're round at one of our neighbours for their kids 4th birthday party. Excellent fun, although I much prefer the party once all the kids are off to bed! Got me thinking about one of the good things about life here - the folk round about us are genuinely nice people. Compared to where we were in Essex, where our neighbours were at best miserable, and at worst overtly hostile (one particularly spiteful old couple upstairs bringing Sara to tears on a number of occasions).
Just one of the many things that I appreciate about life here. (There's also stuff I miss, but I'll leave that for another blog).