For a tea dance with Blowzabella - tea dance only in that it ran from 4.30 to 7, not that we were doing sedate tea dancing.
A mad jaunt at the end of what's been a busy weekend. Another early start as Sainsbury's arrived 5 mins early. Then a blur of a morning: cleaning the fridge to host our food order, making pumpkin soup, welcoming niece R and R with toast and tea after their flight, cycling to the International Supermarket for bread and bits, cycling on to the William Morris Gallery as they had 20% off in their shop - phew.
Was running late after all that and had to bolt out of the door to go and catch my train to Oxford. Some to-and-fro WhatsApp chat with L as to whether to get picked up by them at Oxford - but in the end, got off at Radley for the 5 min bus. A bit of consternation, when the bus arrivals board said it was due in 48 mins rather than the expected 15. But thankfully it arrived.
Lovely dance, great musicians, great music and people to dance with in the absence of Dave. Left on dot of 7 to catch the bus back to Oxford, but this one didn't turn up. L and P chucked G out of the car to wait at the bus stop with a girl he'd met at the dance while they drove me to the station. They ended up giving the girl a lift too as the bus still hadn't turned up by the time they got back.
Straightforward journey after.
3 good things
1. More Christmas presents found in the William Morris Gallery shop.
2. Very busy at the dance unlike the last one in Notts and lots of familiar faces - Helena, Jo, C and S, R and H, Jane B, Sheila, and Gary and Suzanne from way back.
3. Good friends who get you out of a pickle.
great photo of the line up too.