Londinium

On Friday night I drove down to London to SJ's. We had a meal and some drinks and generally chilled out. Was good to go down there again...I don't think its really fair for her to keep coming up to me all the time. Anyway, the reason I went down there on this occasion though was because we had been invited to a wedding reception on Saturday night in Essex.

Saturday morning we had a wander round Covent Garden. Its somewhere I don't think I've actually been before and it was pretty entertaining. Inside what resembled and old railway station they had some cafe's and bars and a live opera singer...most intriguing. I managed to buy a new pair of sunglasses which I'd been after for a while. They're Oakley Spike's and really comfortable to wear.

We had a meal in Fuel and then headed back to pick the car up for the trip to Essex.

We stayed in a hotel close to the wedding venue - Layer Marney Tower. This was a really nice place, sort of a stately home but open for weddings, meeting, etc. The couple who got married were work colleagues of SJ. It was a good night although the drinks left a bit to be desired!! he funniest part was when the bus that was hired to transport the guests from the hotels decided to try and turn around on the lawn. Much churning of grass later and the bus managed to free itself from a 2 degree incline...the sheep were looking a little perturbed...

We headed back to London on Sunday and had some lunch and then I started back up the motorway up North, well, I tried to...the traffic was horrendous in Central London. It took me nearly an hour just to go round Russell Square! I couldn't fathom a reason, just sheer weight I suppose...