Phew it’s been a busy few days. The Channel 4 meeting went well - once I got there. (2 taxis and 20 minutes late – totally embarrassing Had to abandon one taxi in the middle of Trafalgar square after 20 minutes) and there’s a bit of follow up to do – still a long way from anything concrete but I have some good people to talk to and see what comes of it. Can’t really say more than that but it was nice to be taken out for lunch and have a chance to talk through my ideas for this film to someone who seemed by the end of the meeting to be willing to support it.
London was full on, exciting and exhausting. We took in a few classic sights such as the British Museum - well just the mummies and a couple of other things, Buckingham palace - the interior was spectacular, a few trips on the top of buses, and the summer pavilion near the Serpentine gallery. Now we’re staying in the quietest little village in the south of England near Brighton called Rodmell. Staying with friends I haven’t seen for 22 years and it’s a hoot. Had a fab day in Brighton today checking out all the tack of Brighton pier and the English seaside. Lovely day and the kids enjoyed themselves. We’re into holiday mode now for the next couple of weeks – only one interview to film while I’m in France with Tom Shakespeare but that’s still a week away so for the next few posts it will be just travelogue I’m afraid – and hopefully some fun.
Today I had the most horrendous headache and as I’ve had a bit of a tummy bug and a bit of a cold I thought it was all part of the malaise …. Until I realised that actually I was suffering from coffee withdrawals. Our friends are tea drinkers and they drink decaffinated tea at that so after a day or so at their house my body went into serious caffeine withdrawal and that means a serious headache. A nice strong caffe latte worked a treat where 2 panadols and 4 hours later 2 neurofens had no effect.
As usual it’s pretty late and we’re all stuffed so I can’t really go into details so I’ll let the pictures do the talking today and toddle off to bed.
Cheerio….. and here’s a bit from Stella ….
Hi everyone,
Stella here, We had a safe trip over, and are having fun. In London we went to the two biggest toy shops in the world [Harrods & Hamleys.] Who’s got school holidays over there? I know Toorak Primary does. On Monday we leave to go to France & we’re staying in my second cousin’s house, she’s VERY JEALOUS! We’re watching the ‘Comedy Roadshow’ while I write this post on mum’s computer. Mum’s laughing her head off, in fact she’s laughing so much, she’s crying!
How are you all? I hope your all well.
We went to Buckingham Palace the other day. It was very beautiful, and grand. The queen must be very happy to live there.
From Stella
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| A quilt for Geri - runner up in the liberty quilt competition |
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| Angie the Tortoise - Simon's had him since he was 6 & he's my age now - an heirloom really - they live to 120 |
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| Hanging about in the backyard |
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| Brighton classic |
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| Wow what a living room - Love it |
This video is a short and silly unedited piece of colour and movement that perfectly captures the tacky joy that is Brighton pier.
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great to hear you are on holidays now, That quilt is very Liberty and beautiful, thanks. Will have email re NYC before you get there!
ReplyDeleteStella, I really liked your expression filled post Stella! You look really tall standing near dad, then I realised you are on a step!! Yes Stacey is on school holidays too, we went to the Melbourne Show on Friday, lots of fun. There was an egg display and one of the entrants was called Mr Penny! We wondered if his chook was called Henny! Love to all, have fun! Geri