Day Off in London

Tonight, we have a late standup comic show that is a bit out of London in Southend-on-Sea and we're not getting back until after midnight. We're seeing Jon Richardson who is a well-known comedian on British TV, famous from 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and other comedy shows. He has a very dry, self-deprecating style of comedy and he should be very funny.

Because of the expected late night and the tube strike that is full on today, we're taking some time off and not doing any hard touring during the day. Just some shopping at a Marks & Spenser department store near the hotel and a couple of other shops nearby.

We're also conducting an unofficial taste test of biscuits (cookies in the US) and I've shown a photo of some of the top brands from a list I saw on the Internet. We're not going to sample all 15 on the list, but I would say from what I have tasted that they are less sweet than our cookies. This is probably because they are intended to be eaten with tea.