Twinkle toes

Ellie didn't stir until I was up and about. She was chirpy and eager to get going, so we took her to school as soon as the gates opened. I headed off for my usual morning walk, and Diane went home for breakfast.

There was some admin to clear during the morning, but then I returned to my little programming project. That consumed the rest of the time until lunch. After lunch, there was a little Kindle time before we got ready for tonight's event. Just before we were about to leave in the car, Diane noticed that it was 3:15 and it looked as if Zoe was still at home - not waiting outside the classroom for Ellie as we would have expected. I ran to the school to grab Ellie, assuming Zoe was stuck on a work call. I needn't have bothered. Ellie had been collected, and all was well.

So, we set off for Guildford. Diane and Jane had tickets to see Giovanni Pernice, formerly of Strictly Come Dancing, at G-Live. Trevor and I were the lucky ones driving them around for the evening. The traffic was surprisingly light, and it was a lovely drive up to the venue. (Well, it was for us; Trevor and Jane had a bit of a traffic jam on the way). We all met up at Zizzi’s for dinner before the show. Jane managed to bump into Giovanni on the way from the car park and even got her photo taken with him! Diane was a bit jealous, haha. After dinner (they had a special offer where main dishes were 50% off in January), we walked the girls back to the venue, told them to behave, and then went for a stroll around Guildford until the show ended.

We had only walked a few hundred yards when my phone rang. It was Ellie wanting to say hello and say goodnight (as she couldn't get through to Nana). We spoke for a few minutes, until the signal became flakey, then said our goodnights and hung up. Trevor and I continued our walk.

I must say that the areas of Guildford we covered were really quaint and were awash with eateries of all complexions. After an hour or so, we stopped in a pub to grab a drink (non-alcoholic, of course) and warm up a bit.

Leaving the pub, we continued our zig-zag route through and around this quarter of Guildford. We slowly made our way back to G-Live, hoping to be allowed in to sit and wait in the lobby. No such luck, as people were still milling about after the intermission. We carried on walking for another 30 minutes before returning to G-Live where, this time, we were allowed to get out of the cold and wait for the "girls".

When they did emerge, they were buzzing. They had clearly enjoyed the show (and Diane is scheduled to see it again next month with Kim and Zoe).

We walked back to the car park and said our goodbyes. We had a very quick run home, despite some fog patches - and pulled up outside the house just after eleven.