Michael and Cara.

While we were on the Circulars today my nephew Michael rang, he and his girlfriend Cara are in London for a day or two before heading off on a Kontiki tour of Europe with Christmas in the South of France. We have time to pop into Tesco’s on the way home from Windsor for some essentials, unpack the car, walk to Wood Green Station, catch the tube and meet Michael and Cara at Marble Arch at 7pm. We haven’t seen Michael for years, he’s my brother Tim’s middle son and a Jockey based in Queensland but been racing in Hong Kong for the last year.

Tom is in Brussels, Emma and Abi in Yorkshire so it’s just David and I... before leaving home David looks up his Good Beer Guide and finds a typical old English Pub to take us to for a drink and a meal so back onto the Tube we go… first time for Michael and Cara… off at Chancery Lane and find the ‘Cittee of Yorke’… a pub has been on this site since 1430, it’s a fascinating building with many odd shaped rooms, we find seats in what once was the Cellar and we all enjoy a good couple of hours of drink, food and chat, it’s amazing what fun it is to catch up with someone from home! Despite his success and fame in the Racing World, Michael hasn’t changed one bit, he's still the happy enthusiastic young man he was as a child and Cara is absolutely delightful… they are a lovely couple to be with and I know they are going to have a ball on their trip.