Alex's Birthday Weekend

With it being Alex's birthday and as he now lives in Leeds (I know, I still dont get it?) his birthday celebration was organised at Mal Maison Leeds.

I odnt think anyone RSVP'd immediately. The shock of the fact the party was so far away was enough for some people.

So with Dusan away I booked my ticket and the hotel. Thankfully the party is in the hotel so I only have to wander within the hotel. :-)

Managed to leave the house in plenty of time to get to Kings Cross, even without the Thameslink running. Then collected my ticket and decided to buy a sandwhich when I ran into Steven Vowels. He had missed his train by minutes and was going to risk getting on mine. I talked him into seeing Customer Service as I didnt want him to be thrown off mid journey. They let him ride as it was not the cheapest ticket.

Found my seat and sat together and was joined by a lovely lady called Pippa. She was quite posh and lovely and I did laugh when we drove through Peterborogh and said I have a friend, Helen, from here. Somewhere near here anyway thats posh. She said, Stamford? She was met later on the journey by her friend, Long Lisa. Known by that as she is so tall. I did tell her that in my blog it would be Pippa and Big Bird!

We managed a couple of bottles of wine between the three of us and made it to Leeds just before 3. Plenty of time to some shopping and get ready for the party!