What a day and where to start with the tail of it.

What you need to know is that today is Katie's birthday not no ordinary birthday but one of those birthdays with an ooooooh in it. But the wrong day for a birthday seeing that lake Brockwell is closed to us on Tuesday's and Thursdays.
 
Brockwell Icicles are however a clever bunch and mustered up the courage, like the lion in the wizard of Oz to ask if we could have it opened for Katie's 30th birthday splash. As if by magic opened it was. Now keeping the whole thing a secret was another thing but like a grand game of Chinese whispers and much organisation on Tim's part we managed it. It was a marvel.

Of coursicle it was exciting to be part of such a splendid birthday splash...but there were so many levels to it, swimming on a Tuesday and getting into the girls changing emporium. No grime and dirt to be seen and no faint whiff of sweaty trainers... the girls changing rooms were warm, spacious and spotlessly clean. Me thinks they have a cleaning rota organised between them.

Mischief on their minds

Balloons were put up and before you knew it order had been restored . . . in true icicle fashion

oooo ahhh mister

oh and the cake . . . another triumph which tasted as good as it looked

Caketastic

And Katie, surprised I recon so. The moral of this short tail is never under estimate the mischief a bunch of icicles can cause . . . . .especially on a no swim day.

Guard of honour

ooooooo what a day......