1.   During the school year, long weekends are good opportunities to explore together.

2.   I emphasize this to make clear that what happened the following weekend was as unforeseeable as a plane falling on your house.

3.   The weekend of protest was very peaceful.

4.   The weekend was a welcome break from the pressures of work.

5.   The whole weekend had been unsettling, which was perhaps why the game had stuck in her mind.

6.   Before the weekend was out she would know whether she should stay or go back to London.

7.   It was a relief when the weekend was finally over.

8.   But the long weekend was on the strict understanding that she pay her own way.

9.   The weekend was every bit as long and lonely as she had anticipated.

10.   AFTER a hectic couple of weeks the coming weekend is relatively quiet, with only the Carneddau mountain race on Saturday.