We saw several Manx people that we hadn't seen for a while at a party last night - but we had to come to London to do so.When you are doing your everyday things you often miss out on the chance to chat to people, something you can do so much better if you get your self away from everything but the laptop.
I've already written about Jean and Vernon Thomas on the front page. We have missed them for about the last three years when they have been visiting the Isle of Man so this time we made sure we saw them on their own patch.
We got off the DLR at Greenwich Cutty Sark station and it was weird to be there without the marathon. But we ended up walking at least a 10th of a marathon when we walked past the venue of their 40th birthday party and carried on along the banks of the Thames.
Those of you who know Vernon will know that he has a wicked sense of humour and so he got a taste of his own last night when he said that (with so many friends around him) he felt a lot younger than he is to which I quickly shouted out that he looked as old his age!
The picture above was taken when he was getting his own back and shouting something at me as I approached with the camera! Actually they were nice words.
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