Having a high old time

Literally and metaphorically we had a high old time this afternoon... blip shows my grandsons on top of the O2, showing our guide the wristbands that allowed them to have a celebratory coke. We had sparkly wristbands - you can guess what we were drinking.

If you watched East Enders the other day, you’ll have seen one of the characters do this climb. Yours truly was dressed in an oversized jump suit and a full harness attached to a sort of jumar gizmo that clipped onto a wire guide rope. It felt bizarre when we started up the extremely steep first section - safe, but quite challenging in its gradient. Going down again was ... worse.

But it was the best of days. None of us collapsed, none chickened out. The view on the top was spectacular.

And far below us, in the arena, Simone was doing a sound-check...