A London Day

Sunday 15th April, 2012.
Awoke to a golden morning with the birdies singing happily, a clear blue sky and the waning moon in the south. Cold though! Up early to be ready for Peter and Mary Grove, who arrived at 10:am. Peter is the auditor of Marion's choir and needed to return the approved annual accounts to Marion so that she could send them out for the AGM next month. Since Peter and Mary live in Woking, it made sense to meet them on 'Many Meetings' at Pyrford. Even more so because it was here that they kept their own narrowboat 'Esmerelda' for nearly eighteen years. They used to take choir members out for day trips on the Wey Navigation. Mary would provide a splendid lunch and we would all take turns on the tiller. Marion has very happy memories of those trips. How lovely it was to return their hospitality, albeit only with coffee and cakes!
When Peter and Mary departed at about 11:00am, we set off for Woking Station to catch the train for London. Robin had bought tickets for 'Yeoman of the Guard' at the Festival Hall as part of Marion's birthday present. Before the show we had lunch at Wagamamma's next to the Festival Hall with Erika and Dan. It was an absolutely stunning performance with the chorus at the rear, the full orchestra and then a plain apron at the front with no sets and just a single prop - an executioner's block! We both loved the show - it just goes to show that less CAN be more!
By 7:30 we were back on board for another early night.