Promise at the Royal Albert Hall

When Ellie asked to make her leader promise with me, I welled up. It was less than a year ago that Ellie mentioned about volunteering as a Brownie leader and I was over the moon. Then a few months down the line she became leader in charge, and working her way through her leadership qualification. Making her promise in front of the Royal Albert Hall, before the screening of Suffragette, felt very appropriate.

Lunch at Gastronhome

Thanks to Al and Bea for the wonderful meal voucher to gastronhome, a Michelin starred French restaurant. Ali loved the rabbit and my highlight was the Mont blanc cake. Stunning.

In Emily Wilding Davison's broom cupboard in Parliament

For a very long time I’ve wanted to visit the cupboard in parliament where Emily Wilding Davison hid during the 1911 census. As such, she wrote her residence on the day of the census as the Houses of Parliament. The cupboard is tiny! As I stood in there (only one person at a time), I kept thinking of how scary it must have been and the passion for the cause that she had.

"Wanna go to a real party" - Titanic Belfast

What an amazing place. I stayed overnight in the drawing rooms of Harland and Wolff. It's like sleeping in a museum. The small touches were phenomenal, from the dimmed lighting which would have been the same on the titanic, the steel corridors to get to the bedrooms, the rooms looking like the engine room. What an amazing hotel. I had dinner in the main drawing room which is in the iconic picture of the drawing rooms. As a guest, you can also wander around the rooms such as Mr Anderson's Office. All are now conference room.

I visited Titanic Belfast and oh my gosh, what a wonder! I listened to my audio guide while walking through the exhibits, onto a ride through the engine room, through rooms made up like they were third class, second class and first class. I also wandered over to the tender boat which is docked in front of Titanic Belfast.

A highlight was definitely standing on the staircase used for the film Titanic. All I could think of in my head was Jack saying to Rose "Wanna go to a real party".