Flew over to London last night with my cousins, Lorcan and Kealan. (Lorcan, by the way, was partly responsible for Evra Von -- he can stick his tongue up his nose, which is where I got that part of Evra from!!!) Went to Thorpe Park with them and my brother, Declan, today. I hadn't been there in, I dunno, 18 years or more. It's changed enormously since then, and even more so since the first time I went, which was the year it opened -- back then, they had NO rides, just recreations of things like castles and roman buildings!!! I enjoyed it, especially the Collossus roller coaster, but it's certainly no match for Islands of Adventure or Busch Gardens in Florida!!!! But not bad for a UK park, and it was quite small and easy to walk around. Only downside was that I made the mistake of going on a spinning ride, and felt a bit sick afterwards, so I had to go easy in the latter half of the day!!! Oh -- they also have the best water slide I've ever been on -- it creates a HUGE wall of water, much of which falls back down on thos beneath -- we were SOAKED!!!!

After that, back in London, we went to see a play called "Thick" at the Warehouse Theatre in East Croydon. I'd seen the play a couple of years ago, in Edinburgh, and loved it. It's been expanded slightly since then, though it plays more or less the same as originally. Very funny and very moving. You can read more about it at www.thicktheplay.co.uk If you ever get the chance, GO SEE IT!!!!!!