The first weekend of November was Saturday 5th Nov - Guy Fawkes!! Georgia and a bunch of others were going to Lewes, a small town near Brighton that is famous for its bonfires. There are several (hundreds?) Bonfire Societies, and they all have their own street parades and bonfires. The parades went on for a few hours, punctuated by massive bangs when the characters threw bangers into the road. It was something amazing to see. The Societies work on their parades all year, and you can see this in the finished result.
We had bought tickets to one of the bonfires, and they had a massive bonfire set up ready to light, with a Viking dragon boat on top. There were 3 Guys set up as well - the Pope, Gadalfi and a Guy. Eventually the members of the society arrived and started throwing flaming torches up onto the bonfire. Before long it was blazing, and the Viking boat sat silhouetted against the flames until it caught fire and slowly was consumed. After this the Guys started spouting fireworks, one by one, and the Pope's head exploded!
Unfortunately I still had my cold, but I was still looking forward to the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday. It was a really good show, but we had some really high up seats! The highlight of the show for me was Under the Bridge, but they played most of the old classics.
The next weekend we used up another voucher - this time afternoon tea at One Aldwych. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
I was really looking forward to the next Friday - we had tickets to Laugh or the Polar Bear Gets It - a charity gig put on by Tim Minchen. There was a really good line-up, including Josie Long, Francesca Martinez, Badly Drawn Boy, and the star of the show - Tim Minchen! It was the first time we'd seen him live, and he well deserves all the accolades he gets. He did The Pope Song, Cont, Gingers, and just to mix it up a bit, Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah for a spine-tingling finale. We decided to head to my workmate Julia's birthday party afterwards, just to say hello. The"quick hello" turned into getting home at 3.30am after we stayed talking to some guys we got on really well with....
That weekend I skyped Anne, and she had some exciting news! She was 6 weeks pregnant.
That weekend I skyped Anne, and she had some exciting news! She was 6 weeks pregnant.
The next weekend I went to the London Vet Show on Thursday and Friday. Nick and Raewyn were in London, so we had a vet school reunion at a pub in Victoria. I had to be very restrained in not telling everyone about Anne (she wanted to wait until after 12 weeks until she told everyone), especially as Raewyn had good news of her own!
On Saturday Rob's friend was having her birthday ice-skating at Somerset House. Rob had not skated before but he did really well and didn't fall over once, although he did nearly pull me down a couple of times...
I was meeting up with the vet crew that night while Rob stayed and had dinner with the birthday crew. I met them at a Turkish place where we had a substantial dinner, then we headed over to the O2 Shepherds Bush and watched Dave Dobbyn rock the place.
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