Guildford

It was a very grey and damp start to the day. The Silver Vixen was off to Pilates and the Gorse Fox headed in to Worthing for football. By the time he arrived it was raining properly... it was a good job he had brought the jacket he received at Christmas from Ellie. This is a windproof and waterproof zip up jacket and turns out to be perfect for such days.

We had a 5-a-aside game played in one of the small cages. The rain was driving down as the game started and the Gorse Fox was being very cautious as his right knee was feeling a bit sore and unsteady. The game went well and the knee didn't really cause any significant problems. We managed a convincing 9-6 win which included 2 more goals from the Gorse Fox. As much as he enjoyed the game it was good to get out of the rain when we finished.

Back home, after lunch, the Gorse Fox headed off to Screwfix - there's some decorating to do in the sewing room, and that requires some preparation. Once we have the prep done we can use the local Deluxe Paint Centre in Bognor to provide the right colours to match up with the original shades used by the builder.

We headed out mid afternoon. Guildford was our destination. Not a place we know, so we were very dependent on the SatNav once we were in the vicinity. The rain was still making driving pretty foul and as the trip wore on and we approach the town we started to get impacted by the rush hour traffic. We finally wove our way through the back streets and found the car park next to G-Live.

Parked up we wandered in to the venue and took our pre-booked seat at a table in the restaurant and waited for the Gorse Fox's sister and brother-in-law to join us. We had a lovely dinner and arranged for our dessert to be served during the interval along with some drinks.

Ah, but what were we there to see, you may wonder.

Well we had very good tickets to see "Sandi Toksvig: A National Trevor". This was her latest tour and was a couple of hours of her chatting with audience about the things that amuse her, make her wonder, and trouble her. It was intelligent, it was thoughtful, and it was absolutely hilarious. She had the audience (over a thousand people according to one of the ushers) in the palm of her hand. The first half was more focused on her musings, the second half was much more interactive with Sandi taking questions from the audience, getting the audience to do things, and generally making the spirits soar.

By the way, booking the table was brilliant as we effectively had it for the evening. At the interval we headed for the restaurant, sat down and our desserts were there waiting for us along with our drinks. None of this milling around by the bar with the great unwashed, for us!

We left the car park around 10-ish and got home at 11, so it was a good run. Fortunately the rain had stopped, though the temperatures had dropped to about 3C.

Overall it had been a brilliant evening. The Gorse Fox's only criticism would be how uncomfortable the seats were at G-Live.