Back in
London again…our second day here though we arrived in the UK weeks ago now!
The bus got
in on time around 0700 and we walked to Victoria Station with a Pakistani guy
called Ahmed that we met on our way out of the bus station. Worked out where
and how to catch the train to Rawiri & Laura – yay!
Train to
King’s Cross then transfer to Knebworth train. Rawiri met us at the station
decked out in Canterbury of NZ gear. SO good to see him – it had been almost 5 years
since they left NZ and we have missed them!
After
chatting for a while Roni and Laura prepared a hot brekkie before Rawiri had to
go to his pantomime. He was in a local production of Peter Pan and had three shows in one day. After he left Laura took
us on a walking tour of Codicote – past her old primary school and many local
landmarks before we finished at the Garden Centre admiring their Christmas
displays and having a hot cuppa in the outside area of their café (with a robin
hopping around to keep us company).
Off home
after that to relax with their two awesome dogs – Milo a black lab and Gypsy
the Alsatian - and Laura before getting ready to attend
the panto. We tidied ourselves up then met some of their UK mates in the pub
for a drink before wandering around the road to see the final show. It was a great
laugh and Rawiri’s dancing and singing was a hit with all involved! Some good
times and we really appreciated the chance to see Rawiri in a show again after
a really long absence.
After the
show we drove back to Codicote via the mini-mart to grab some dinner supplies.
The cast break up/after show event was taking place at The Goat pub across the road so we joined them there for a chat and
some bevvies before walking home to make pizza and garlic bread for dinner.
Rawiri and Bray stayed up chatting into the night but Roni wasn’t up for it
after no sleep on the bus last night.
