Frink! Frink!!

Mutterings continued.

I'm a heretic!

We are the proud aunties and uncles of Ring-tailed Lemur twins born overnight. They look identical to the parents, just a lot smaller.

Off to Scarborough for dinner with Leece, Rob et al.

Today's this time last year:

Leaving Stratford. The plan was to drive the hire car back to Luton and then train it to London, however the weather report was very scary - gale force winds, rain, etc etc. Not the kind of weather you want to drive on the Motorway in. The hire car company has a depot in Stratford right next to the railway station so I dropped the car off there and caught the train to Marylebone, changing at Leamington Spa. The carriage was a non-mobile phone zone. YES!!

I know there are all sorts of problems with the trains in the UK, but I really like travelling this way. The tube is great, when it works, and the long distance trains have a buffet car and a chap with a trolley selling goodies.

Got into London around noon and caught a cab to the hotel in Earls Court. It cost about 10 quid but it was so much easier being dropped at the door than trying to lug my suitcases up 2 flights of stairs at EC station.

Met up with friend Simon at the Eros statue in Trafalger Square - walked around the city, had coffee in a gay bar in Soho, ambled to the New Tate at Southbank but wasn't allowed in because they were having a function. We sat outside the Film Institute and had hot chocolate and watched the fireworks.

Trafalger was under construction which was causing all sorts of problems for drivers - streets being turned one way, some completely block. A bit of a mess.

I caught the tube back to the hotel - I was a little worried about catching it late at night but there were a lot of people on the train so no worries there.