Thur, Dec 18th

Dawn and I woke up today at 4:30am as I still had to go to work. She dropped me off at the station so I could catch the 6:10 from Stevenage.

As for Dawn, she ran Brady and Jim ragged once they were up. They caught the train, and then tube into London. First port of call was Buckingham Palace. The Queen wasn't in, but she hadn't invited them anyway. From there they made their way down The Mall and through St James's Park to New Scotland Yard and Westminster Abbey. No time to stop there, they made their way up Whitehall and past Downing Street to Horse Guards Parade just in time to watch the changing of the guard.

By now they were starving and Brady and Jim wanted to rest their poor feet. Reluctantly Dawn allowed them to stop at Wetherspoons for a light lunch before marching them off again to Trafalgar Square and along the Strand to Somerset House. There they watched as tourists tried to break their necks on the ice rink before heading to Covent Garden where they saw snowball fights sponsored by Yahoo, even though we hadn't had any snow.

Brady was walking with blisters on her feet, while Jim stared straight ahead with a glazed look on his face. So Dawn texted me to tell me she was making her way home. So I left a little early and caught the train they were on as it stopped in Enfield.

Back at the house everyone loved my chili and baked pita chips. But most of all, Dawn included, everyone was more than happy to just rest. Day two over with. Dawn is working on their stamina to get them through the weekend ahead.