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Me in the middle.with Linda and Stewart Coxe
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Saturday 27th April was an exciting day for me as it was the date of Beating Bowel Cancer's annual
patient day.It was held in London,so my husband and I decided to travel down a day early and make a weekend of it.We travelled first class on
Virgin trains from Glasgow Central to London Euston.Was a great experience,as I had never travelled first class before.I downloaded a couple of films to my ipad for the journey,because,no matter how pleasant the journey is,it is still nearly five hours,and I get bored easily!I watched
Primal Fear and then
The Wedding Singer ( I know,I could probably recite it word for word,but I love it!). After arriving in sunny London,
Bill suggested I buy an Oyster card,as we were going to be there for four days and it would make travelling around a lot easier.He already had one,because of his frequent trips to London for work.After buying the card,I got a chance to use it straight away on the underground.After a few stops,we were at Pimlico,and after a ten minute walk,we checked in to the
Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Pimlico.Very nice indeed! We got a welcoming warm choc chip cookie on our arrival,although we were not really hungry,having been plied with food and drink frequently on the train down!After dumping our belongings in our hotel,we went out to explore our surroundings.
MI6 headquarters were across the river,and we were next door to the Tate UK.We knew it was a bit posh where we were staying,because the empty bottles left by local revellers were of a higher class than you would see around the streets in Glasgow!
Anyway,London is a great city ,and we were looking forward to the following day.
After a comfortable night,we were up and ready for the day ahead.We got the underground to Holborn,which was within walking distance of the venue-the
Royal College Of Surgeons .
On arrival at the venue,we checked in and were given name badges and a programme of the days' events.A few items were of interest to me,namely, the treatment of liver mets , and the treatment of lung mets,although I don't have either of these I am glad to say.One of the main reasons for coming to London was to meet up with some of my fellow sufferers,who I had met on Twitter.A meeting was arranged for later in the day,although I did meet a few folk throughout the course of the day.The lunch was very good,considering the amount of people who were there.I couldn't fault it at all.I actually met a few of my Twitter pals at lunch.
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| Mark Flannagan CEO of Beating Bowel Cancer UK,Anne Carlin(me),Ed Spooner,and Paul Cox |
It was an excellent day,and very well organised.It was a bit sad though,because one of our Twitter pals ,Hannah,was gravely in in a hospice.She was a real fan of OPI nail colours,so a lot of Tweeps painted their nails as a tribute to her.Unfortunately, Hannah passed away later that day -far too young.
MI6 headquarters were across the river,and we were next door to the Tate UK.We knew it was a bit posh where we were staying,because the empty bottles left by local revellers were of a higher class than you would see around the streets in Glasgow!
