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25 Saturday Sep 2010
25 Saturday Sep 2010
25 Saturday Sep 2010
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Coffee in bed, then ran out at 10.30am to meet Ben (friend of José’s) in deepest darkest Hackney, and afterwards whipped back down to St Pauls to meet Teutcher, who then asked me how I felt about fish… thought she was talking about lunch but she was in fact talking about fish eating ME. But lunch first. Off to Covent Garden to sample 32 Great Queen Street West, which was fabby, then off to Kensington to have feet nibbled upon by tiny fish. Loved it. And also the half-hour foot massage afterwards. And then – eep! – was getting late, so planned to meet up with Annie and T’s husband for a drink in Charing Cross before Annie & I headed out for dinner with twitter friends. Needless to say we arrived late after racing there on foot for a good half hour (buses were not making any sense by then). Met Rachel, José & Alessio in gastropub… had okay meal (the company was much better than the food) and around midnight Annie walked me to my bus stop and sent me safely on my way home. It was a day and then some. Click to enlarge the pics…
Today I leave for Bristol at 5pm…
24 Friday Sep 2010
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What a day! Got up feeling a bit fuzzy after having stayed up way too late with Joe sampling his lovely Spanish wine collection… so at 9.30 this morning I found myself flying out the door with wet hair and in a state of semi-panic thinking I’d be late for the reason I came here in the first place. As it turned out I caught the bus straight away and just about made it on time (10-ish), and had quite an interesting day meeting other SimonSpeaks experts and learning more about the whole thing. When things finished just after 4pm I invited Florence Expert Nicky to come out with Madrid Expert Annie and me for a drink and a chat, which was quite fun. After that I went in search of an M&S to pick up some food as I had been promising Joe an “az carbonara” since the Hackney Gang was in Seville…
And so had a lovely comfy night at home with Clare & Joe.
A few pics above of stuff I saw and did.
23 Thursday Sep 2010
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After, let’s be honest, a VERY LONG day getting from there to here, I finally ended up in Hackney and was taken out to a fab Thai restaurant in by the Hackney Gang … here are some pics. And yes, I got to sit in the cockpit, but then was told I wasn’t supposed to talk about it so have to scrap all the great photos I took. But I have to say it was the only time I wasn’t terrified upon takeoff.. and it was super cool.
More tomorrow. Apparently I have to go and drink some more wine now!
22 Wednesday Sep 2010

So I’ve just printed my boarding pass and am pretty much packed – am way under the allowed suitcase weight, so that’s good. And of course, I am a NERVOUS WRECK. Will be leaving for the airport in a couple of hours and should arrive in London at 4pm. And then make my way to Hackney. Oh, and I might be flying in the cockpit… eep!