pre-Christmas break

In early December I went to London for a girlie night out with a couple of friends, left Misha at home with Alastair, and Gregor in the capable hands of Charlotte and Nick for the night.

Here's Gregor with Charlotte the following morning, having eaten ham sandwiches, fish and chips, raw onion and crisps, had a bath, watched Shrek and visited a chilli farm. All in under 24 hours!

Meanwhile, we were taking things at a slightly slower pace. Here are Chris and Paula outside the stage door of the performance that Paula was directing that night at Goldsmith's College. In short it was an installation where her husband and another performer were both naked and were moving around a podium while words were projected onto their bodies. Paula was my first housemate in Leicester and we were great friends, then sort of lost touch for a few years when she went to South America and New Zealand - though she did manage to visit me in Prague in the old days - and this girlie get together was due to Chris' tireless effort to get us back in touch. Paula's work is pretty broad and all at www.BlindDitch.org

Er, a slight detour. While we left Paula in New Cross to pack up the stuff, Chris and I took the train to Charing Cross and popped in at Madame JoJo's to wish a friend of hers a happy birthday.

And here is Matt trying on his new neck scarf, lovingly knitted by Chris.

And here she is again sporting new haircut which really suits her, methinks.