After leaving the cafe and free wifi, once I had finished writing up my notes for Sunday night, I went to meet Laura at Paddington and have a couple of drinks before going off to a Waltham Forest YFC event.

Laura is one of the few young people from my Bristol days that we as a family still keep in touch with. She has been, and is, a good friend and was one of the first people outside of the immediate family who held the very new born Thomas over 11 years ago.

Still having contact with Laura, and counting people like her as friends, is a nice ‘extra’ as youth work. It would not say that it is one of the reasons why I am in youth work – but it is a great added bonus to be able to stay in touch and brilliant to see how people mentally and spiritually grow and whether they change or not.

Catching up with Laura was great – even if she was on detox and meant I had to drink beer on my own, which was a massive hardship. Thanks Laura for taking time out to catch up – sorry about the pic, the cost of being famous!!

After spending a couple of hours with Laura I made my way from Paddington to Walthamstow. I was really looking forward to spending time at the Waltham Forest YFC but London Transport had different ideas. Due to delays I was running over an hour late so I was forced to give up and return home.

The silver lining I left London an hour earlier… I caught the next to last train from Victoria rather than the last which meant I got home 30 mins earlier … how’s that work?