The weekend was good. ............ nice meal on friday night. Pete had got me a card and it wasn't the fluffy pink kitten sort so that was a relief......

Saturday met up with Hannah and went for a walk with, supposedly, 2 million others down past Westminster and along to Hyde Park. Amazing amount of noise that came in waves, like a Mexican wave of sound flowing through the crowds. Walking tho' was cold as it was at such a slow pace because of the vast numbers of people, and the people came in all shapes, sizes and ages. Oddly for a protest rally there was little strident screaming of radical slogans, more a gentle hummmm of dissent... it was such a mixed bag of sorts there. Some had made such an effort with beautiful banners or papier mache massive head models of Blair and Bush ... lots of banners simply saying no to war... others with quirkier phrases such as 'Make tea not war' which I rather liked. It was a good feeling being part of a collective gathered to say no........ whether it will make a jot of difference I don't know but I felt it had to be done. That I actually felt the need to show my disquiet with some action and to be able to walk past such an historic place made it quite an emotional event really. Pretty weird......