So where do I begin
Well it all started on Wednesday 25th January when I left the house and headed towards the train station in Newcastle. There had been an accident ahead of us causing a few tailbacks. Really didn’t think we were going to make the train at Newcastle central station, but by some miracle I don’t know how we just made the train with literally a second to spare.
Had a smooth journey down to London before heading down to the 02 as at 2pm they were going to start to hand wristbands out for people to go and stand on the red carpet to see the stars arrive. So we joined the queue at the 02 at 12:45 and got talking to some lovely young girls who are big fans of Caroline Flack. 2pm eventually came and we were led through to an area where there were barriers so we could queue up and wait for wristbands. Eventually got wristband at 15:15 so was able to go and check in at the hotel and leave our bags there before getting ready to go and get our place back in the queue at 4:30 so we could be taken out onto the red carpet. We were led out in numerical order and managed to get stood in a spot just past the end of the red carpet but could still see where the stars got photos taken as the photographers were in an area in front of us.
Due to the location where we stood on the red carpet only a few of the stars came to our area to sign and have photos taken: Jack P Shepherd, Russell Cain, Chris Fountain and Michael Le Vell. At 7pm we decided it was time to head in the arena so we could take our seats. We were closer to the stage this year (went last year for the first time).
Little Mix and Military Wives were fantastic performing live inside the arena, a great atmosphere. Closest to where we were sitting the EE cast were sitting in front of us on the floor area of the 02. Loved every moment of the awards ceremony. After the awards had finished Jacqueline Jossa and Tony Discipline (Tyler and Lauren from EE) came round with her award and were kind enough to let people have photos taken with them (including me), Most of the stars just headed towards the exit at opposite side of arena so it was nice of a couple of them to come round to see some of the audience. After the awards we headed to the hotel for a nights sleep, my feet were in agony after wearing my boots and standing around for so long all night but it was worth it.
On Thursday morning I went to the 02 to meet up with a twitter friend for the first time (@currentmartin) for a chat before heading into central London for sightseeing well wanted to take photos mainly so went to see London Eye, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace where we came across a man who is from Durham who had just been inside the palace getting an MBE. Then we went to Harrods to have a look at the crazy prices and saw the harry potter shop/exhibition that was inside it. Then headed to Bloomsbury where we went for afternoon tea (Christmas present from uncle).
We had time to kill so we headed to Trafalgar square to take a picture of the Olympic countdown.
We then headed to the Cambridge Theatre via Leicester Square (which looks a mess as they are doing construction work to improve it). Arrived at theatre to see Matilda the Musical which was recommended by a friend on twitter (@sharonbarbour) would have never known about it if it wasn’t for her! Matilda the Musical is amazing and is a must see show. Great Cast and production, the young girl who played Matilda was so talented. Upon leaving the theatre we saw Miranda Hart and Sarah Hadland from her comedy. We then headed back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.
A great trip to London was completed with a trip to platform 9 3/4 .
