Last weekend, went to a mates 40th party. not going to bother describing what happened as a) you aint really interested and b) while it was great fun and I had a really great time, it probably is not to much different to any party you've gone to (lots of food, drink and friends).
Anyway, since I'm not bothering to describe the party you might be wondering what this post is about, well, it's a quick description of getting to the party. So, get to the hotel where I'll be spending the night and order a taxi. Taxi turns up and I give the driver the address I want, at this point I start getting nervous as the driver doesn't seem to know the place. He looks at the address, recognises the town listed and gives me a funny look and off we go, and go, and go.
For some strange reason known only to my mate, he's started the party in the middle of nowhere miles from his place. After (quite) a while we reach the correct town, and start driving round at random. I may be mistaken, but turning the wrong way up a one way road and doing a quick 180 to get facing the right way is not typical taxi behaviour. After a couple minutes of this he stops the meter as he aint got a clue, this is a first for me, as I've never seen a taxi driver who will admit he's lost ("relax, it's just round this corner" as we pass somewhere for the third time is more usual). Finally arrive though and it was well worth all the pissing about getting there.
