Awwwww -- you guys!!!! I've been literally overwhelmed by the number of birthday wishes I've received this year!! Thanks to everyone who took the time to email me or post a comment. I've replied to as many of you as I can, but I'm sure I've missed out on some of you by accident, so my apologies if you don't hear back from me!!!

I've had a fab day. Bas took me on a RIB boat cruise in the morning -- it's a speed boat that tears up and down the Thames. Lots of fun!!! After that we went to Gordon Ramsay's restaurant on Royal Hospital Road for lunch. It's pricey, as you would expect, but the food really IS absolutely delicious!!! I don't think Ramsay has much to do with the restaurant any more (which is probably why he has run into such financial difficulties recently -- forgive the pun, but by opening so many restaurants and distancing himself from the actual cooking, he bit off more than he could chew!!!!), but it still has its three Michelin stars, and deservedly so -- this is haute cuisine at its finest!!!!

Now we're off to see Blur in Hude Park (hence the title of this blog). All together now -- WOO-HOO!!!!!! (If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, check out "Song 2" by Blur on YouTube or Spotify or whatever.) I might be one year older, but I'm about to prove that I can mosh it with kids 20 years younger!!! Albeit from the viewpoint of the sedate and distinctly middle-ageish Grandstand....