Driving, Collectormania show, and Iron Man

I've just had my first week of driving experience. Not bad so far, although my parking skills remain rather suspect, but the actual driving is getting a bit better each day. I'm getting used to the gear shifting, lane discipline, motorways etc. I'm actually starting to enjoy it for the most part!

I'll have to photo our little KA soon, but it will need a wash first! It's starting to look a bit grubby, thanks to all that motorway travel I've done this week.

We went to the Collectormania show in Milton Keynes last Saturday and it was great fun, especially to drive there instead of relying on trains that don't run! It was really nice to meet (and get the autograph of) actress Nancy Allen, who I have adored since seeing her in films such as "Strange Invaders", "Dressed to Kill", and the "RoboCop" series. Lovely lady, really nice to chat to. I got some other bits and pieces at the show, and even got Carla some stylised elephant earrings! We met up with Mark, Paul and some others at the show, and after we had enough of going around the stalls we went to see 'Iron Man' at the flicks. A brilliant film with a great cast (I love Robert Downey Jnr. and wow, Gwyneth Paltrow looked ace!) and featured some great spfx: the sequence where 'Iron Man' tries to avoid the US jets was very exciting! We got to see the 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' trailer as well. Good stuff, can't wait to see Indy back on the big screen.