As I am in the North West too, I thought I would stop and say hello. I have been trying to do with my blog just what you are doing with yours and the response has been incredible.
Do visit My Languages on http://isabellejones.blogspot.com and let’s see if we can get “that networking thing” going locally as well as globally…

All the best for your blogging project

Isabelle Jones
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com