Well I missed all the celebrations because I was visiting my mate Phil, who is in hospital with a bladder infection. I hear it all went off without mishap, so we can all take a short breather before the Olympics begin, and all the security experts have to start all over again, but a bit more tooled-up than last time.
I tuned in for her Maj's thank you speech though, which I am sure the BBC will re-use this Christmas to save a few quid for the licence payers. Just as well, because all the fuss that has resulted in two bank holidays on the trot means that the projected growth figures for the UK economy have been set back by about a year, but they're going to pin the blame on something anyway, aren't they?
When I visited Phil in the RUH, I managed to slip in quite a good bottle of French red, and that - after it was drunk - gave us the idea to go out disguised as doctors and visit the local pub in Weston, where the landlord hosted a lock-in which lasted until 3.30, so I have been somewhat fragile today. But what the hell - it's only once every sixty years after all, and I don't suppose we will get the opportunity to see another transit of Venus in our lifetimes.
You should have seen the look on the duty nurse's face when we finally got back!
Your sense of humour is second to none!!
ReplyDeleteTry telling that to H.I.
DeleteHaha .....I wouldn't put it past you or Phil. I reckon he would rather be out on the piss with you, than a Thanksgiving service or concert starring lots of people he hasn't heard of !!
ReplyDelete....but, I actually rather enjoyed the festivities....sorry.
And the weather was perfect, eh?
DeleteI know your older friend Margaret Windsor , ( who sadly died a few years ago from all system failure) was a friend you used to visit in Mustique and Windsor....... she too was subjected with a Tom Stephenson red wine!
ReplyDeleteMargaret actually almost ran me over once, at the same time as she was... er... friendly with Roddy Llewelyn. I never met her, but I knew Roddy a bit. She shared a few other vices with me as well as wine.
Deletewere they choosing the wrong men and having bad hair advice?
DeleteThat came later when Roddy did one series of 'Gardener's Question Time'. Too late by then.
DeleteI always had a soft spot for marge
Deleteshe could drink gin without gulping
They were all trained by the Queen Mum on that score.
DeleteYou naughty, naughty boys....Would love to have seen the face of the charge nurse. Did you wake up the whole hospital when you got in?
ReplyDeleteThey were already awake. Breakfast (cider) is horribly early at the RUH.
DeleteI did warn Phil about the dangers of drinking on anti-biotics, but he wouldn't listen.
ReplyDeleteYou've made me nostalgic for 'lock-ins'. Only in Blighty!
ReplyDeleteI was hoping to see the Venus thing today, but it's cloudy.... a bit like your breakfast cider.
I poked my head out of the window at dawn this morning too, with the same results. Oh well, I expect it has saved me from blindness.
DeleteFunny man. Love the banter between you and Mr. Gray. I'm sure you'd be able to sort out his rabbit problem.
ReplyDeleteI fear I would only increase his rabbit problem, Suzanne (don't ask...)
Deletesend me some of your old designer clothes .....a scarecrow my benefit my problems!
Deletemay not my!
ReplyDeleteMy, my.
DeleteSo glad you and Phil had a night out -- after a day on that river he must have been sorely in need of some lubrication. Well done, you!
ReplyDeleteI reckon they mixed a bit of the Avon with his snifter. The same thing happened on the African Queen you know... ah, the stories I could tell (if they were true).
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