Nothing very exciting happened today - I was up in London doing a conference for those nice Transport for London people - you know the ones who charge you £8 just to drive into the centre. Still mustn't grumble as they did recently send me a lovely picture of my car driving past the Tower of London. Only cost £50.
Anyway I thought I'd write about Ben the birthday boy's big day out on Sunday. We decided we'd take him out as it was his birthday and as he was too young to decide where he would like to go, we thought we would decide for him. We decided what he would really like was to go on a train to the seaside.
So we drove down to New Romney, met up with his Grandad (North) and Grandma who'd come down from Sundeland. We also met his Nanny and Uncle as well. We caught the train to Dymchurch where we spent the day on the beach. Ben seemed to like the trains - he'd been on steam trains before but these were more his size!!
We had a nice picnic on the beach and then we took Benny into the water. Sarah had bought him this lttle wetsuit for Austrailia later this year so we thought we would try it out. He'd been swimming before but this was his first time in the sea. He found it a little cold but kind of liked the waves. He got a bit of a shock though when the water came up to his waist but that happens to most blokes 
He was helped back up the beach by his two big sisters before he went on a donkey ride. We found a suitable donkey and he hung on tight while it meandered down the beach and back. I think he liked it!
Afterwards we went to the fairground and then we caught the train back.
Soundtrack to Today
Amadou et Miriam - Dimanche a Bamako
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Jah Wobble - Mu
What a cool day!
Was that donkey called Ben too? Or did you have a saddle made up for his birthday?