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 We had a fairly quiet day. It was bright, warm, and sunny and we just pottered about. The Silver Vixen adjusted a new dress and the Gorse Fox got through some admin. The real focus for the day was the evening.

Trevor & Jane and arranged, for the Gorse Fox's birthday, dinner and tickets to see Sandi Toksvig's latest show. The Silver Vixen and Gorse Fox put out our finery and pottered up through the countryside to Guildford. Parking up we transferred various items between the cars an then headed off to Zizzi's for dinner.

Zizzi's is always reliable, and we were quickly seated even though we were 30 minutes earlier than booked. We sat and chatted as the drinks and started were served. The Silver Vixen skipped the starters but the Gorse Fox had "Pork and Wild Garlic Meatballs" which were delicious. J&T both had "Mozzarella Arancini". There was bit of a wait for the main dish but we were not disappointed when the Silver Vixen got her "Seared Salmon", the Gorse Fox and Jane got "Chicken Milanese" and Trevor got the meatballs that Gorse Fox had enjoyed as a starter. We thoroughly enjoyed the meal then wandered back over the road to the theatre.

We had a table reserved in the restaurant at G-Live sat down for a drink without have to fight our way to the bar. As the time approached, we took our seats and settled down to enjoy a couple of hours in the company of Sandi Toksvig.

She burst onto the stage and regaled us with what had kept her busy during lockdown. Suffice it to say that she had not been idle - making podcasts, doing voice overs, and wandering down some of the stranger alleys of literature that you can find when pursuing the Internet. It was very, very funny.

There was an interval, halfway through, and we returned to our table in the restaurant where our drinks and ice creams were waiting for us. (Very civilised)

The second half included more personal anecdotes, a quiz, and an open Q&A. Again, it was very funny and she had the whole audience in the palm of her (albeit tiny) hand.

When it was all over we stood in the car park chatting until the rush had died down. Saying out goodbyes we set off in different directions. We had a very good run home and were back in about an hour. It was a thoroughly lovely evening.