LONDON REVISITED

I'll never-ever tire of London and it'll forever be a place of magic for me. We've wandered down Regent Street for old times sake - and walked and walked. Thank goodness for those Merrell shoes bought in the States! There's a huge amount of building and roadworks going on - I guess in anticipation of the Olympics next year.

Elena, Elio, Luciana & Oscar

We've taken bus trips right across the city from Battersea to Archway to see Elena whose little boy Oscar was born in May. It was so good to be able to catch up with Elio and Luciana who were helping Elena - her little boy had a tough time at first but thankfully looked well and bonny when we visited.

We've been to Harrods and Christie's where we went to an auction of the Dylan Lewis sculptures, been to the theatre to see the extraordinary play War Horse where the life-size puppets manned by 3 men were so realistic that one suspended belief, wandered around the Tate Art Gallery and attended the final exhibition of the students work at the Chelsea College of Art with Peter. It's a real privilege chatting to Peter about art - who knows more about contemporary art than anyone I know. And in between I've coo'ed at the twins and cuddled them, had lovely chats to the family and watched and waited for Jessica to produce her baby.