Yes it was a fun day. I came up to town with Mrs. F and because we didn't want to be up at the crack of dawn we decided to meet Xaphod and Kneehighs at Waterloo. The other reason we did that was becuase I had a makeover booked at the Army and Navy. That was fun, I was surprised that Mrs F didn't throw a major fit when I suggested it, and she was happy as long as she could come along and join in. It ended up quite subtle - I got it toned down as it started to look a bit like a panto dame - a woman of a certain age!
We duly met up with Xaphod and had a nice time chatting until Kneehighs arrived. Went up to the hotel and back down to Oxford St and met up with the others.
The day was low on shoe shops, we only went into one shop all day. That was fine by me. I'd much rather the socialising, I'm not a fan of shoe shopping mob handed, and with a crowd of fifteen or so there's plenty of scope for people getting lost. We completely lost everyone for about five minutes.
Some of us were starving, we'd had no lunch, so eventually we arrived at Paradiso Italian eat as much as you like buffet. Fine value and quality for £6.50 - and some of us ate as much as we liked.
I suggested to Xaphod that it would be a good central venue for a lunch time meet up, and promised to put a post in this part of the board about that - before I do I must work out when I can make it though.
All in all an enjoyable day for both of us. It was good to meet so many of you, the presence of a strong European contingent added so much to the day. Finally congratulations to Kneehighs for organising the day and for putting such a lot of effort in. |