I'd just like to say thanks to Paddy for inviting me and Mrs F to his birthday bash, it was great fun and you and Brad are both lovely. Also got to meet some more of you people out there which was fun too.
One of the highlights for me was probably being the oldest person in Birmingham's Snobs night club, (a place with some of the most fragrant khazis it has ever been my pleasure to visit, it knocked the Ruskin Arms bogs into a cocked hat!) Still had a good boogie to some records that were only about 20 years younger than me.
Day two and we had a lovely walk down the canal (on the towpath smartyknickers)where we saw some charming geese (useless eating Canada Geese, what you want is a nice fat Emden)who hissed at us, some lovely little goslings who were so busy preening that they fell over, Capt Nick's now legendary white dog egg and a wren (I can't remember the last time I saw one of them) Had lunch and a laugh with Paddy and some more bloggers in the All Bar One before watching Paddy and Brad perform at the Library Theatre in Solihul. You looked gorgeous guys!
Back into Brum for a Balti with a naan the size of a table cloth at the Celebrity Balti House (3 supurb baltis, I had meat and mushroom, Mrs F a vegetable one and Capt Nick a meat and spinach, two rice, keema naan and drinks for £40 you can't go wrong)then back to the travelinn for some zeds.
Day three, lie in then back along the canal for a Chinese buffet at the Tin Tin, very good all you can eat selection brought to you at the table, very nice starters, soups, and mains plus drinks all for £40 again, then all speed back to London where I cooked desparation tuna pasta (shops were shut) I will post the recipe tomorrow!
