2009!

So at 5.00pm we set off to London to celebrate the new year. We decided to see if there were any standby tickets for any shows and quickly discovered that most of the shows did not have a 7.30 performance... except Oliver! and they just possibly had tickets to sell. A half hour queue saw us with 2 top class and best seats tickets in our hand. An awesome show, made even better by the fact that we were with a crazy couple of French people who had the most amazing sense of humour!

The end of the show saw us scuttling our way, (or rather pushing and squeezing our way,) down to the north bank of the Thames by Cleopatra's needle to watch the festivities unfold before us. Brilliantly organised except the journey home! (Picture not mine sadly!)

The journey home took us north before going south and crossing the river several times, eventually arriving back at around 3.00am new years day!

A stiff walk was needed on new years day so we set off to explore parts of the Wey & Arun canal as yet not explored. This is a project we are following and supporting as it is not only brilliantly organised and run but well under way to re-opening a beautiful stretch of canal. I just seriously hope it doesn't end up the same way as the K&A with local authority housing associations buying boats as a cheap way to get rid of problems ands reduce targets!

Not only did we follow a 6 lock flight but also discovered the half way mile marker!

Friday and I drove back home to sort everythingout and I have only just got round to updating blogs, replying to emails etc etc.

Monday - back to work but let's not go there yet!