I went riding on Saturday morning; I was on "Laddie" who is a grey horse; I seem to get on with greys (see also 'Chestnut Mare - not getting on with'). He's very responsive and likes a good run; however he kept setting off with the wrong leg when I asked for canter so had to do a lot of work with that; he also started to get a bit insane towards the end of the hour, offering a canter a little too eagerly; however I got through it with nothing more than a few bruises and so ended my last riding lesson before the wedding. They did offer me one first thing on Saturday morning, but I decided that it would be tempting fate rather to expect not to come off and break something if I tried to fit in a hack before going to the castle.
Next I went into town to meet up with
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necromanci for some shopping and a spot of lunch. After a jaunt around Oxford Street and both New and Old Bond Street we headed up to Camden where we met up with Lister & others for Vietnamese food.
Next I drove to Brighton. Instead of the 1h 45m the SatNav suggested it actually took nearly four hours to get there. When I arrived there was a bit of a blow on; the surf was up and 85 mph hail stones lashed the seafront. It was what the weather forecast described as a "gale". The evening quickly degenerated into a rain and vodka drenched blur; I know at one point I was in a venue set into the side of a cliff waiting for Babyhead to come on stage; but I don't remember actually seeing them play.
Things got all kinds of messy - so a good night out all round!
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Sunday I drove back to London, only 2h 30 for the return leg, but by the time I got back I was in no fit state to do much other than sit on a cushion and watch movies (Ghost Dog, Jumpers, and if there was a third it was worse than Jumpers and therefore of no interest or relevance). I also caught up with the latest episode of Merlin, which I believe was filmed, at least in part, in Chislehurst Caves?
jul1et was off doing bridezilla stuff and was back too late to go out again, so we stayed in, ate a roast, and I went to sleep at about 8.30!
I came into the office today expecting a nice quiet day; my blackberry suggested I had nothing to do until lunchtime. Unfortunately my
work blackberry says I have meetings from now until the end of time ... best get going then
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