Wonderland

Friday night in Maidstone, Saturday in London.

I got to Maidstone at around 7.40pm and met with the guys, we started out in a wetherspoons pub for something to eat and a few beers. Those few beers seemed to spur us to bigger and better things, so by 10 o clock we'd walked up to Ikon (drinks were £1.60 each which seemed as good a reason as any to drop by). Then some shapes were thrown, more drinks drunk and before I knew it, the night was over... I hadn't planned to get quite as drunk as that but I managed to get myself up next morning and get back home.

England Vs Austria - World Cup Qualifier -
I met up with all my old work chums for our our final daylong session. We all went to a pub near Fenchurch St for some lunch and nice easy start to the day. By the time we managed to remove ourselves, time was pushing (4 o clock KO) so we dropped by the Ship & Shovell to watch the game. England won with a penalty scored by Mr Lampard and we held out the final half hour minus Mr Beckham - nice.

The rest of the evening in London was spent between various bars - and a quick detour into Somerset House, just enough time for the boys to pick me up and drag me through the fountains - cheers fellas!

We got back into Grays for a curry before I said farewell to a few of the guys that won't be out during the week. By this point England had qualified for the German World Cup after Holland beat the Czech Rep. in the other significant game - though none of us realsised this...

I now have no weekends left in the UK - that's a thought that's been giving me trembly-pant-syndrome most of today!