We were expecting a quiet Christmas Eve, but did we get one? No! It started with Phyl, Matthew, and me. Becky decided to join us, then Becky brought along a guy called Bomber, who turned out to be from Castleford. Then we were joined by Mo, a New Zealander. How many do you need for a session? We had a great night, in good company, but it's a good job there were a few of us, as most of the locals seem to have celebrated when work finished, and then gone off to their families. Not that we cared, once Mo had seen us off with a round of Tequila Slammers, we were on Planet Zog. (And there was a very nice Istanbul Kebab shop there!) So Christmas Day, expecting a lie-in, we got an early
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