Well, leaving at 4am in the morning to go back to London for a night out does sound a bit drastic, but it was K's 40th birthday, so I think the occassion justified it. Besides, you can go really fast when there is no traffic on the roads here.. another good excuse. Mr V. chose to go out for drinks on friday night, so with only a few hours sleep we charged off into the dawn on Saturday and by 9am we were having tea and toast in Essex. wild. We trundled down to Southend on Sea for a spot of last minute gift shopping, and could not resist the lure of Fish and chips, by the sea, overlooking the funfair. Ah...the Great British Summertime. They even had Daddies sauce which went down very well.
It had only dawned on us as we drove over that this weekend is probably the most hectic weekend to visit london and it's congested surroundings. Wembly stadium was playing host to 90,000 Live Earth concert goers on saturday and The Tour De France was making it's first Stage on Sunday. There were the Mens and Womens Finals at Wimbeldon, Plus the date was 7.7.7. so naturally every engaged couple in the land was getting married. Oh, and there was a grand Prix, but that was outside London.
Dispite all of this excitement, we managed to get a cab to go out (a miracle) have lots of fun, and not get mown down by cyclists, showered in confetti or stuck in any train delays or traffic jams. I think we did rather well. We did get stuck in a massive traffic jam passing Bussels on the way home, but I fell asleep and ignored it.
