Its certainly been a busy week, after a very hectic week end I was off to London on Monday evening. Having left work a little early, I headed home to get changed and pick up an overnight bag. When Paul got home, he very kindly drove me over to Tamworth to catch the 6.20pm train to London. One of the biggest drawbacks of living where we do is we have no station. Its about a 25 minute drive to the nearest one - pain in the neck! The train was surprisingly busy, but finally at 7.50pm I arrived at Euston. After topping up my Oyster card I headed down to the Underground and hopped on a tube heading to Victoria. From there I got the train to me parents in Penge. What a long journey!! I finally landed at the family home just before 9pm, mum made me something to eat - bless her - and we chatted till about 10pm.
Sadly on Tuesday morning I was up early to set off to London for a conference, but I got to have breakfast with mum and a short visit was better than no visit! On the way to the station I saw a really nasty car accident, the car was literally wrapped around a lamp post. The police were there and a fire engine had just arrived. Not the best start to the day! The journey to London was not fun, I had to stand all the way on a very crowded train. The tube journey was even worse, I couldn't even get onto the platform due to sheer volume of people and had to wait till two trains had been past before I could shuffle onto the platform along with a million other people. You really had no option but to move with the crowd! Finally I arrived at Green Park, and made my way down Piccadilly to the BAFTA building where I met my colleague Harriet. As we were still a little early we had a coffee and then made our way back to BAFTA for the conference. It was an interesting and very organised day. There were different speakers covering topics such as code of conduct, Human trafficking and future developments in eLearning. All very relevant subjects and thought provoking. There was coffee/tea, biscuits and Danish pastries laid on during tea breaks, and lunch was a delicious buffet. Very upmarket and tasty tapas, sandwiches and scrumptious desserts. It was also a great opportunity to catch up with DeltaNet personnel. The whole event gets a big thumbs up!
At 4pm once the conference ended, I headed to Fortnum and Masons to meet my friend Mandy. It was so good to see her and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to have a night in London with her. After a look around F&M which involved a lot of exclaiming about how expensive everything was, we headed to Planet Hollywood for dinner. It was pretty quiet when we got there which was nice. The food was amazing, I had the Singapore noodles and can highly recommend. We also loved the music that was being played, all very happy and upbeat. It was great seeing Mandy and catching on all our news, I'm very lucky we had the opportunity to meet up for the evening. By the time we left PH the place was packed. Very glad we had booked a table! After dinner we strolled down to China Town, the place looked amazing as all the Chinese New Year decorations were still up. We listened to live music and found a little bakery that made fresh doughnuts in the shape of little fishes. So we had some to nibble on as we walked around the colourful and delightful China Town. Our last stop was Leicester Square - more live music, a visit to M&M World and a sad farewell at the underground station! 
I arrived at Euston in good time for the train home, and it did indeed leave on time. Sadly though, due to trespassers on the line, the journey back was very slow and I was around 15 minutes later arriving back at Tamworth. Long day? YES! Worth the effort - absolutely!
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