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I fly to Lima this evening.

Yosemite was magnificent. Tim, our guide, would say, "As we go round this corner prepare to say 'Wow'". With scepticism we approached these corners and then in unison we went, "Wow!" Over and over again. Great walking and camping and a really fun group of people. All younger than me as usual - I don't care. I had two lovely sweetie poppet tent mates, Helen and Kate, who are from Watford and doing a year long trip. We shared a back seat with Chris (second funniest person in the universe only to Mr D Wood, Esq of Huddersfield). I laughed 'til my cheeks ached, I had that wheeze thing going on (you know how I do) and tears running down my face. It took me back 20 years to being thrown out of the University library because of the aforementioned Mr Wood. Yosemite is defintely a place to return to.

Chris and colleagues / friends have produced their first feature length movie which should be touring the film festivals next year - the website is- www.cityonahillmovie.com.

...a little aside, I'm in the library and a librarian just shouted,"Is that, er, you Nick?" ... no-one else giggled...





So to 'Frisco...
It was bad enough in Santa Monica. You know how I love a good singsong. I would be walking down the street and suddenly realise I was humming, perhaps even belting, "All I wanna do is have some fun...". It's worse in San Francisco.




"If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair" - Milly starts off with a low key, gentle hum.

"The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay, The glory that was Rome is just another day, I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan, I'm going home to my city by the bay, I left my heart in ..." - Milly starting to get a bit more animated as she hangs off the cable car heading to Fisherman's Wharf.

"I left my home in Georgia,headed for the Frisco Bay,I have nothing to live for look like nothing gonna come my way,So I'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away..." - Milly strutting down the street doing that bitey lip thing that Ricky Gervaise does so embarressingly in The Office.

"We spent the night in Frisco, At every kind of disco,From that night I kissed our love goodbye,Don't blame it on sunshine,Don't blame it on moonlight,Don't blame it on good times,Blame it on the boogie..." - Oh Dear Lord! Milly doing full dance routine at bus stop in Nob Hill.

Fortunately for the residents of the city by the bay I am back on Santa Monica Boulevard... Hit it! This ain't no disco, It ain't no country club either. This is LA!