Wendy is 40 this year (just in case you have not heard!) and I suggested that as this was a significant birthday (aren't they all?), that we should do something every month to celebrate!
So far this year we have been for lunch at the famous Langhans in London, we have been on a bat walk near Barnes in London, we have been to the Henley Regatta (my choice - woohoo!), and now to see Sting in concert (also my choice...)
I have always a Police fan, and more recently,a Sting fan as his solo work is very close to my R & B, soul and jazz preferences in music. Fortunately for me, Wendy likes Sting too - so that was it, I got the tickets!
We travelled up to Twickenham with a couple of friends of ours (Claire in the picture works with us and she is great!), who drove us to Virginia Water railway station so that we did not have to cope with the chaos of Twickenham.
The concert was fantastic, and the group were on stage for about 2 hours, and with the exception of about 3 songs, played all their hits! Listening to the crowd sing along was brilliant, and for those of you who are regular concert goers - you understand how moving an experience this can be!
The Twickenham stadium itself, enhanced the magical feel of the show, that just made me want it to last all night! When we got there it was still daylight, but as dusk came on, they put on the floodlights which made it seem like it was daylight - however, the real transformation took place as they turned these off and lit up the softer, orange glowing lights - this is where the magic really began for me!
Up until this point the crowd had been amusing themselves with the traditional Mexican wave that can sometimes take its time to reverberate all around the stadium as block by block, people picked up its cue to join in. There were cheers as it moved around and with each new group who joined in....and jeers when it did not - how incredible that potentially just a small number of people can influence so many others? (possibly up to 55,000 others!)?? Extraordinary...
Anyway, the show was fabulous, and whilst we have yet to meet Sting (on our list to do!), we were very impressed with his performance, along with Stuart & Andy.
Once the concert was over, it was not the end of our adventure!
I had been thinking to myself I was really hungry, and as we started walking out, they were giving away free pies, which we munched on our way back to the station.
And this is where the evening took an unexpected turn. We were following Keith, Claire's husband and with him and the crowds we got onto the train that pulled in, only to find that it wasn't going to Virginia Water!!
We had to get off at the next station - Strawberry Hill- and wait half an hour to go back to Twickenham to start again! As with all expereinces, there is always a reason for something, and we met some others who did the same thing and we spent much of the time laughing and joking and generally having a good time. Meeting new people and talking like this, is all part of 'life's rich tapestry' as they say!
I finally got home about 2.30am in the morning - exhilarated, happy and content...and ready for sleep!!
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