Leigh has been writing about his birthday.
Co-incidentally, his birthday present came through the post today. If I remember to pack it up and send it on, this could well be the first time in ten years I’ve sent him a birthday present in time for his birthday. I could tell you more… but you’re not a monk. I’ll say this much: it involves German puns.
I think he’s going to be really old this year.
He also gets a surprise holiday which his lovely wife Kathryn is organising. I think I know where he’s going 🙂
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Hey…29 is not really old!
Also we’re going to be around at Emma & Paul’s next weekend so you don’t need to post it if you don’t want to!
Yes you do know where we’re going… but all has been revealed now to allow for planning time so can be discussed freely next weekend!! Oh, and BTW that monk joke is awful!!!
Yes, planning time is a crucial thing in this sort of birthday secret. I ended up giving P a guidbook to Rome at the airport. I suspect we might have had a different itinerary if he’d been able to help plan more. He also spent a fair amount of time worrying that he was going to end up somewhere in Eastern Europe that he’d never heard of.
29 isn’t really really old, you’re right, but it’s getting there…