Need to leave for Paddington station in about 50 minutes. Taking the train to Reading, then driving up to Harrogate with Kim and my father. Should be nice.
Buckingham Palace, whilst very nice, was a little wet. Very wet in fact. Not very good for a garden party. Never mind eh?
I was given my award by Alan Titchmarsh, which was interesting. Prince Philip didn’t actually give out any awards, but he joined (along with Prince Edward) the garden party at about 4pm. About the time I left, because it was a little wet (did I mention that before?). There were 8500 guests (about 2800 awards then). Quite a few people in other words.
Many HGS people there, such as Robert Spackman, Katie Jackson, Rosamund Elliott, Jenny Scott-Smith and Gemma Ingle, to mention a few. Was nice to see some of them again, even if I didn’t know them very well…
Bah. Need to do some more work before I slide out early. Bye all.