A long-awaited party
Jan. 13th, 2024 10:49 amWe are on the train to London, to help ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
helenraven celebrate her significant birthday (observed). Strictly speaking, we are on the train to Sheffield, where we will take a train to London, and so arrive at a railway terminus which is not closed - because they saw us coming and closed King's Cross.
Setting aside that complication, things have gone smoothly so far: we woke up early enough to breakfast, pack up the last few oddments and get out of the house without having to rush too much. The climb up to the station is always a slog, but we survived, the train was on time, our reserved seats were not exactly as expected but we are sitting facing each other across a table and have not been challenged ...
If this sounds like an exceptional effort for a party, well, it promises to be an exceptional party! It has been long in the planning (over a year ago, we dined withhelenraven at the venue she had chosen for the celebration) and everything she has let slip in the interim suggests that the duration of the plans is matched by their creativity. Meanwhile, we travel hopefully...
helenraven celebrate her significant birthday (observed). Strictly speaking, we are on the train to Sheffield, where we will take a train to London, and so arrive at a railway terminus which is not closed - because they saw us coming and closed King's Cross.Setting aside that complication, things have gone smoothly so far: we woke up early enough to breakfast, pack up the last few oddments and get out of the house without having to rush too much. The climb up to the station is always a slog, but we survived, the train was on time, our reserved seats were not exactly as expected but we are sitting facing each other across a table and have not been challenged ...
If this sounds like an exceptional effort for a party, well, it promises to be an exceptional party! It has been long in the planning (over a year ago, we dined with
helenraven at the venue she had chosen for the celebration) and everything she has let slip in the interim suggests that the duration of the plans is matched by their creativity. Meanwhile, we travel hopefully...
