New week

Well, I've now discovered a new week (who celebrates Easter anyway, this could be the official Halloween week): lucky Friday, lonely Saturday, worrying Sunday (Tim got stuck in a tunnel on the Eurostar for close to four hours, and with no phone switched on!), and finally shitty Monday. Yes, I might just as well make it public — I woke up nice and early this morning only to discover that I have the urinary tract infection from hell! So, there, now we all know it. (Sorry, just have to whinge about it.) Thus my morning was spent in the local health clinic...

Finally getting in to the British Library, I was met by complete chaos. It was children's day! And there were children, parents, more children, grandparents, buggies, nannies, and kindergarten groups everywhere! The courtyard was completely packed, and the queue for bag search enormous. (Yes, the bag search - another thing I've planned to blog about for months now.) Kind of cute, but also a bit stressing when all you want to do is to make up for the wasted morning. On a break a few hours later, I also discovered that they had invited illustrators of children's books to come and 'perform' (i.e. draw) live on a giant canvas. Quite entertaining to watch, and a great crowd pleaser. Just look at all the people!

However, I was a bit bummed to realize that I had missed one of my favorites: Quentin Blake! Anyone who grew up reading Roald Dahl knows what I'm referring to. Oh well, maybe next year. It wouldn't surprise me if was still in the BL then...