May 17, 2009
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Been a’henning…
Fourteen of us, and we had a lovely day in Brighton. It was glorious fun to meet up with various friends with University – and it was really nice to be on a hen party where I knew good number of the people (it was a mostly university hen party!). We had hot chocolate at ChoccyWoccyDooDah, and a picnic on the beach, and a paddle, and champagne, and then played crazy golf, and dinner at Food For Friends (very good, but full of fibre!), and then cocktails at Gin Gin. Action packed, but lovely and reasonable (and, really, when two rounds of drinks come in at less than £100, what more could you want? So nice to be away from London prices!).
I’m very tired – the drive out was emotional, as I overshot a zebra crossing. This is very bad, and against the rules of the road. No-one got hurt – but a lady who was just on the crossing felt the need to run a good 200 yards down the road, open the car door when we were at a traffic light and scream at me about it. She didn’t give me a chance to apologise – as I knew I was in the wrong anyhow the screaming was a tad superfluous, and slammed the door again. Aye well. She must hav been having a bad day. I am now very careful about crossings. I loathe driving in London anyhow. In future, I shall lock the doors. It will help. As will paying attention to the zebra crossings.
The drive home involved some of the worst rain I have ever seen, appallingly poor visbility (pour visibility, perchance?) and an inability to establish whether the lights were on without pulling over to check. Elephant and Castle roundabout is also very trying.
xxx
