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Yesterday I took Rosie to see the Blue Man Group as her main birthday present. It meant getting up early (or 8am, which if you’re Rosie is still the middle of the night), spending 2 hours on the train and crossing London on the tube (which Rosie really doesn’t like).

After we’d arrived in London we both made trips to cash points and then set about getting the tube to St. Paul’s where we crossed the Thames using the infamous millennium bridge and popped into Tate Modern for a quick look round. Personally I don’t understand modern art, the only thing I found interesting was a Salvador Dali picture featuring a lobster on an old phone.

After that we headed off along the South bank, past Shakespeare’s recreated Globe theatre along to a usefully placed Pizza Express where we headed in for lunch overlooking the Thames and life in London at lunch-time (why do people jog during their lunch breaks?). After we’d eaten we headed over to the Holborn/Covent Garden area where after getting lost (whoops, good job I had Google maps with me) we found our way to the New London Theatre and got the tickets for the show, by which time Rosie was bouncing up and down!

With some time to spare we ventured into the Covent Garden area and some of the incredibly expensive boutiques including one called All Saints; Where if you have the money you can buy a white leather belt that says “Jesus Love You”. FInally it was time to head back to the theatre, get seated and get our Poncho’s on.

I really can’t explain what the show’s like, it’s far too unique, if you’ve seen it you’ll know what I mean. If you haven’t; Go there NOW as it finishes on June 24 or buy The Complex Live on DVD. One of the stand out moments for me was them playing The Who on an instrument made from PVC pipes.

After the show had finished we had a mad dash back across London at rush hour and only 40 minutes to make our connection in order to get back to Littlehampton for slam. It was once we got back to Victoria station that we had our random moment of the day. We travelled 70 miles and bumped into Stuart Bellamy from Church.

After another 2 hour train journey we arrived in Littlehampton with 20 minutes to spare before slam so after a quick discussion we jumped in my car and headed off to Fred’s Fish & Chip shop for some much needed food.