Piccadilly, Battersea Park fireworks and Mercedes Live 09 – what a weekend!

This weekend has been great fun! It all started with a golf outing, otherwise know as a “work training course”, on Friday up north in Harpenden. Caught the train with my golf clubs all the way there and back (oh so committed – not too many funny looks). 18 holes of golf, including a quick pit stop at the Wicked Lady (pub) for some beer battered cod and a brewski made for a fantastic start to the day. Rain and the waning light bought a swift end to the round and saw me heading back to London for the next leg of the journey. All Bar One in Piccadilly was the next meeting point. Great to see a number of South African friends and grab a fairly late Italian meal after walking the streets of Chinatown and round the West End.

After a lazy Saturday morning the wife and I hit the shops with avengence – driven by the icy chill to find winter coats. Two successful purchases and we were ready for the fireworks in Battersea Park. What a fantastic display!! Quick clip for you to view below. Heard so many SA accents in the queue on the way in – we are literally everywhere!

Sunday morning saw us up bright and early to traipse off to the Mercedes Live 09 end-of-season event. Braving the icy conditions we managed to see all the Mercedes drivers and cars along with 12,000 other Formula One fans – great experience. Thank the Lord it didn’t rain. What a weekend!

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