Excellent Cellist

James, Ally and I went to the City Halls this evening to hear the SSO playing Elgar's Enigma Variations. I arrived to meet them for dinner at Café Gandolfi - late, wet, and in a bad mood after a challenging day at work. Challenging is a nice way of putting it. I thought that they would be grumpy at me for being late but in fact they were both happy to see me and had even ordered me a "very berry" mocktail and a feta and spinach pie, which were both delicious. And then we went to the concert, and it was great, and I didn't cough (this was important and a bit stressful because the concert was being broadcast live on Radio 3) and the solo cellist was excellent. We had a lovely evening and I am now feeling much happier.