Am I first?

Wow Christophe, what a swellegant elegant party that was! It was certainly a once in a lifetime experience. You are a fantastic bloke and I am so looking forward to waking up to you each morning. Wishing you and your family all the very best for christmas and the new year.

Ta ta Lin xxxxxxxxxxxx

You most certainly is GR!

Pen xx

Great show Chris,loved the pics.
Merry Christmas to you Tash & Noahxx

It is 22:30 here in Busselton Western Australia and I am 99.9% convinced I am listening to Chris Evans on a LOCAL radio show.

Have I drunk to much of the Margaret River plonk or is Mr. Evans Moonlighting ?

What a show - I was right up the front. You were all awesome putting it all together. You all work so well together. What can I say about the live bands - fantastic. All of you have good Christmas and new year. I will be listening on the breakfast show in 2010.

Big Chief CLP,

Thanks a mill again for the invite to the show of the year - was a great experience and lovely to meet everyone.

Hope all the Bloggers got home safe & sound - I'm still stuck at Stansted awaiting a big metal bird . . .

Sally was a dream girl . . . .so so nice and kind . . .

Chris, your words just before you went on air, were. . . well, Happy Christmas anyway!!!

Haave a great Christmas everyone, thanks again Chris for the invite . . see you all at the Evans Daily Breakfast . .

DtM x

Bingo, Cheryl, MwK, Matt et al . . .take care of yourselve and dont stop rocking . .

PS

Just to be self-indulgent, for once in my life . .

ARF: Elton John - Daniel (is flying tonight on a plane.....)

CLP and the team - thank you so much for a great show last night, we loved it out here in blogland!

Is it my imagination, or can I 'hear' the tiredness in your blog, no surprise if I can, but be assured we LOVED every minute.

If we're doing ARF requests... Don't Stop Me Now - the bloggers anthem and now CLP's for the breakfast show, or as was suggested earlier, CLP gets to choose.

Off to finish wrapping presents...

Merry Christmas everyone, especially CLP and family

A xxx

Dan

Great to finally meet you last night - sorry the drink debt wasn't repaid.

Last night has inspired me to get involved with blog meets in the future and to treasure these virtual-turned-real friendships that I am so lucky to have made through this place.

So, the open invitation remains, when you can make it here next here, I will be delighted to share a drop or two of the black stuff with you.

Peace etc

Matt

PS - Amazing to think we came so close to it once before...

here, next, here, year...whatever. You know what I meant.

Haven't even started drinking yet!

M.

Oh Christoph - what a party that was!

Thank you so much for inviting us - and what a pleasure I had meeting you, Sally, Johnny, Steph and all of the other bloggers I had not met before.

Bless Ripples - he had a touch of the "debs" - glad I didnt clam up again when we gave you your giftage in the "red room" - sureal moment - you and Bingo swapping glasses whilst Sally stripped off!!!! :-)

SALLY - you rock girl! Loved your shoes!!!

Chris have an awesome Christmas and New year with your family and friends all around - you deserve a rest by ek!

Looking forward to tonights show - its going to be a blinder - please let a call from Upstate NY get through.....


Loads and loads of LOVE!

debs
X

Christoph, what a great show last night, just finished listening to my recording. From the reports on here looks like those who attended also had a blast. You lucky bloggers!

ARCE (All request Christmas Eve)
Santa Claus is coming to town, Bruce Springsteen, Please.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, Tash, Noah, Jade and the rest of your family. Can't wait to have you for breakfast!

Hello to everyone else, including Bondy, who I caught sneaking in on previous blog.

Pen xx

Afternoon each

Been out foraging in the snow with gorgeous little boys.

Chris, you must be shattered, but it sounded like a great party. We lot on the blog really enjoyed it too. And a special thank you for talking to me when somebody rang me and said "would you like to talk to Chris?". What????? Would I??????? - so very kind of you.

ARF: Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is coming to town. Because, you know, he is, I'm on the Santa Tracker.

Have a wonderful Christmas and best wishes to you and yours.

xxxx

Chris,

Just got back home after O2 party last night and have been trying to catch up on the blog. It was a surreal, superb, fantastic, exciting day, all in all. Really nervous about meeting so many bloggers who I hadn't met before but what a great bunch they were and are.
Got off the train and sasw a man in a red Elvis suit, carrying a guitar...that HAS to be Bingo...lol...and btw Bingo, loved the guitar in your guitar case...small things as they say!
The 2 hours went so quickly but I am currently listening to the show again as I recorded it. Great to see and now hear Clodagh, Rips, Deevs and Bingo being interviewed by Chris.
Thanks again Chris, Clodagh (you know why) and all bloggers I met yesterday. Would have liked to talked to all of you but not enough time and anyway I was just too excited! lol...also I don't think I have had so many hugs in 1 day. Also nice to have a brief conversation with Stephanie...not at all how I imagined...but in a good way!
Right off to try and calm down now..

Nic

xx

P.S. SGS in Greenwich

What more can I add. Thank you CLP. Thank you fellow bloggers.

I am sooooooo glad I got in. I loved the surreal experience of meeting people who I knew already for the first time (many of you were saying the same thing). Loved the twist on my name badge Clodagh, thank you for all your help getting us all in.

Merry Christmas to everybody in blog land. I will try to remember to send friend requests to the ones I am missing on FB.

Looking forward to the next blog meet already.

mtd ffb xxx

I've listened to Chris for the past 4 years but I'm a new blogger. Looking forward to hearing the breakfast show and wondering what we will be called (Terry had his TOGs so I hope Chris will have a name for all of us followers)

I've posted today cos I would love to hear Queen's "Thank Gos It's Christmas" as the opening song on drivetime tonight

When CherylTheDiva was interviewed yesterday at about 5:30-6ish I was in my car and I shouted at the radio very excitedly - My hubby didn't get what was going on hehe.

Cheryl and me chat on Twitter :) The wonders of the internet teehee

If I can request a song I'd like You've Got a Friend by Donny Osmond and Rosie McDonnell please :)

Chris. It was indeed a swell party and we were so pleased to be part of it.

Thank you

I have had a really nice day, chilling with my boys and hope you have a very relaxing 2 weeks off with your family before you start to wake us all up

Happy Christmas to you and Tash and Noah and Minnie and all your family from all my family. xxx

Quick question for bloggers who were there last night. I lost a hat somewhere along the way, maybe at the restaurant when I was getting my coat. It's a brown baker boy style. If anyone picked it up can you let me know. Ta muchly

Also, who took the pic of me with Debs & others and Johnny? Must have been a good night if parts are a blur!!

Love

Seza xxx

Afternoon all,

CLP, thank you for a wonderful evening, it was a superb night and we had a blast.

Great to see so many bloggers, you are all wonderful.

Wishing everyone a very very Happy Christmas,

with love ,

MC xxx

What an amazing night it was!

Lovely to meet all you other bloggers - too many to mention but in particular MsScooby, Debs, Chrissie S, Seza, Dissing Dave, Dan the Man, MfR and Gingembre.........

Outstanding moments...........obviously meeting our leader (I hope my little gift got to you!!), Johnny Saunders dancing, hugs from Sally Traffic and little Nigels lovely smile at me!!

I have my pics on fb.

If I am not on here tomorrow - have a wonderful Christmas

Cathmel

Evening all. Just a quick drop-in as not long home!

I'd like to say thank you to all the bloggers who were there last night and made time to talk to me. As said already, I felt I knew you so well before I met you. I would especially like to thank, in no particular order:

Alright Flower - for safely navigating us over the highest motorway in England (thanks Motorway Man) in what had to be the worst conditions ever known. All we needed was hail and we'd have seen it all!

Manchester Calling - for letting a 'little one' squeeze in the back! What a road trip. We must do it again sometime! Pip, Pip!!

Clodagh - you are an angel, but far more beautiful both inside and out.

Foxy - what a lovely, lovely lady. No airs or graces and happy to give of her time. It was a pleasure to chat to you.

Bingo - he's a Starr (what more can you say). Thank you for being you.

Margot and Obamarama - for sharing the anxiety with me. You know what I mean!

Jonny - for throwing those great shapes. What a guy!

Beez/Crumpy/Debs/Scoobs - for being you. Never, ever change - I love you just as you are!

Rips - for hitting the shops on our behalf. I've got a grocery shop to do next week if you're free....!!!

Suzy - for the eskimo kiss ;-) !!!

Bids/MTF - you were everything I knew you would be and more. Absolutely wonderful ladies. I hope you managed to cross roads okay with your hood up MTF!!

But, most importantly, Chris - you are an absolute top bloke. When I talked to you I felt like I had your whole attention. Thank you for agreeing to pose with the bloggers at the end. My Mam was right - if you don't ask you don't get. I hope you and yours have a fabulous Christmas. Thank you for our early Christmas present. It was worth every minute of the journey.

Lots and lots of snowy, motorway fatigued, cold, damp but very, very happy PiPx

#22 I forgot to put hugs in my last line. Think I need a lie-down!!

PiPx

Afternoon all,

Sounds like everyone had a fab time yesterday at the O2, would love to have been there, it sounded great.

Well Mum arrived safely yesterday from Liverpool, we've spent today doing some last minute shopping in the snow in Edinburgh. Trouble is I've had to give the game away about one of her presents under the tree! She mentioned yesterday how she really wanted the "Complete book of Janer and John stories" as read on Tel's show and how she really must have a look for it. "Oh yes" I said, knowing full well ther was a copy of it sitting under the tree not 3 feet from her. So we're wandering about, and go past a branch of Waterstones, and so she says right I'll just pop in and have a look for the Janet and John book.... so of course I had to tell her that she didn't need too! Ho hum...

Hope everyone who is travelling has got to where they want to be in one piece.

Merry Christmas to al the bloggers out there, and to the main man CLP himself xxx

Rx

Afternoon peeps
I too am still a bit overwhelmed by how fantastic last night was.

Had a fab time and lovely to meet the blogpeeps I hadn't already chatted to in the flesh.

My special thanks to Hazel Love with whom I shared a room - sorry if you didn't get much sleep!
Travelled home part of the way with misstoedipper - well as far as Milton Keynes.

Safe journey is wished to Mary and Chrissie who won't get home until about 9pm and who it has to be said are the ultimate party girls - didn't get to be until 4am!!!!!! which is why they were still in their pyjamas as Hazel and I headed off to the station this morning.

Chris, you and the team did a fantastic job and all I can say is roll on January ...

Have a fab Christmas everyone and to steal a phrase from Matt
Peace & Love xxx

Crumpy xx

Christoff what can I say; what a lovely compliment, I am truly blown away.

What I really wanted to say but became overwhelmed as usual and didn't want to hog air time, was THANKYOU SO MUCH for including us all, we are all so grateful for such a fantastic treat; you are exactly what we all already know, a gorgeously lovely man, and we consider ourselves truly privileged.

Also thanks to the team, in particular Scouse Sarah, what a little star she is, and to Steph, it was excellent to meet her as well another Top Bird, she's a babe. Hopefully we'll be hearing her with Mr. Mayo when Foxy goes off to incubate that far too-respectable and attractive bump.

As to the rest of you lovely bloggers; it was a rare treat indeed to meet you all. It's set me up for the New Year to have yous all as me new buddies, the warmest, kindest people I've ever had the good fortune to come across.

But please, all the thanks, whilst lovely and affirming, should not go to me, but to Christoff, and of course, the team, for such a warm welcome.

What a fantastic experience.

Thankyou Chris.

Clodagh.xx

Great show.

I really enjoyed drive time here in Canada as my morning cheer-up when I got to work. I doubt I'll catch the morning show as it'll be on 12-2am my time, or if I do I'll probably be rather drunk.

All the best for the morning show.

OMG! Thanks Chris!!!

I really didn't think you'd play a non-Christmas toon first, but you did - for the bloggers!

Right, am officially a mess now, jumping about like a nidiot, giggling and everything, the neighbours will be round with the straitjacket in a mo...

From a slightly overcome AnnieOakley xxx

Not been on the blog for a while though read it everyday! Just wanted to echo the comments about last night's show.

Will miss you Chris in the evening but will be waking up to you as I used to with Sir Terry. All the best for the new show.

..and now I'm really not worthy, reading back. You're all so sweet and fantastic, AND gorgeous! What a lovely bunch.

And Bingo, yous really ARE nuts. Hurrah!!!!!

Have a loving, sharing and caring Christmas, everyone, fill your boots and stay safe everyone.

When I've pulled meself together I'll tell yous about me journey home....

An unworthy

Clodagh.xx

Well done Annie, but didn't here your name mentioned, shame.

Pen xx

Thanks Pen - I think that'd have finished me off if he had!

A xxx

So guys,

The boys are watching a filum

Mr Seza is listening to his Poddy pod & playing online something

I'm listening to the show on headphones & talking to you.

Traditional Christmas anyone!!!

Seza xxx

Hi everyone - GOD IT WAS GOOD WASNT IT!

- having listened again - and having watched it in the flesh so to speak - it sounded FAB too - we saw all the rushing and too-ing and fro-ing but is was seemless - another triumph Christoph!

I dont have many photos but will try and get them on FB tomorrow am - unless something more important happens.......

Have a great evening people and be good, you know who's in town later.....

debs
X
STILL smiling!

Hope everyone has finally managed to get home safe and well. I posted my thanks and best wishes on the previous blog but I will just repeat that it was great to meet you all.

My fondest wishes for a merry Christmas and a healthy, happy, and a properous 2010

Have just looked at the web cam and Chris has gone!!

Should we worry?

xxx

Guess not !

Sounds like he's there ok

Seza xxx

Anyone looked at the video? There's Chrissie right at the front.

xx

Afternoon gang!

Wowser, wowser, wowser! Have spent the lat half hour catching up on yesterday's and today's blog and cannot add anything not already said by the other 02 attendees.

Chris, thank you for inviting us all to be a part of your penultimate Drivetime show. It's certainly a night I will NEVER forget - just everything was so so blimmin' perfick!

Now listening to Christmas Eve ART and feeling that warm fuzzy glow of utmost happiness.

Bloggers - lovely to see you all again and Matt, Dan, Margot, MTD - lovely to meet you for the first (of many!) time(s).

Now, where's that fella in the red suit .....

Deevs
with a serious case of SGS
xxx

Greetings Of The Season Ter CLP, ALL Of The Drivetime Mega Team & ALL Blog Peoples.....

Bingo Star ere......

Well where do a start??@?????@?
So much ter say about the incredible, brilliant neet last neet at the O2 Gig!!!!!!
This blog could go one forever az there's so much ter say... but'll ave ter keep it short az me mind lets me!!!!!

Firstly the most important bit : Wanted ter say ter CLP & ALL of the Drivetime Team BIG THANKS from me for making last neet such a brilliant time & being so nice to me.... and especially CLP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!@!!!!!@!
A don't wanter start going off on negatives ere but ave 'ad some fairly cr*p crimbos workwise... no staff do's or truck drivers banned from the do!!!! 'onestly true about the do!!!!
But last neet 'as in one single swoooop made up for all those missed years of crimbo partying - ave never 'ad such a brilliant time - thank you for inviting me CLP & the R2 gang!!!!!!!!!!

PS CLP - OMG Just seen the photer of yer interviewing me on yer 'ome page.... A don't loook anything like Elvis... More like that cartoon computer game character with the red suit & BIG black 'air... can't remember the name.... sure one of the bloggers will now which one a mean!!!!!!
Plus the way am standing... a loook like am about ter launch vertical with me cape.... bit like superman... but less of the super!!!!!! Should ave come with a rocket strapped ter me back!!!!!
Mind you wouldn't get past The Dome security if a 'ad a live rocket strapped ter me back!!!!

PPS CLP - Az for saying that am certifiably crackers..... a take it yer mean Christmas & noooot Jacobs?????

So after last neet, this year ave know, sorry now, done the treble: never been ter Wembley Staduim, The Albert 'all & INDEED The Millennium Dome aka The O2 Arena.... a now, sorry know, sheltered life ave led but this year ave done all three.... and a lot of it thanks ter R2 & me being lucky enough ter get C.I.N tickets for the Albert Gig!!!!!!

A did say a waz gonna be coming in festive red attire, just a bet non expected a red Elvis looookin' more like Don King on acid!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!
A did feel abit MAD dressed like that but if a made a few laugh/ entertained a few.... that's good enough for me!!!!!
Actually ter make people 'appy & entertainin people a love it!!!!!!
A waz walkin' around the dome & 'ad a few people askin could they take a photer of me with their kids!!!!!
Of which a waz more than 'appy ter oblige!!!!!
Plus a past Santa, 'e said ter me az we shook 'ands "Merry Christmas Elvis!!!" A replied "Wrock 'n roll Santa... wrock... AND roll!!!!!!" A tell yer a waz left 'All Shook Up' after shaking 'ands with Santa!!!!!

Must admit though... a couldn't see a lot behind me dark Elvis shades.... and the whole evening & in particular the actual gig went so fast.... a didn't get proper time ter take it all in!!!!
Sometimes wish a could rewind the evening & do it all again in slow motion!!!!!!!
CLP, Jono S, Sally Boazy, Foxy, 'ells bells & Scouse Sarah were all so friendly & nice even when under pressure working & doing the serious stuff!!!!! Nice ter see them & all of the beeb team do a show live aka at work & observe what pros they all are & 'ow easy they make it loook!!!!!!
Also great ter meet Nigel Bardon & The Procliamers too!!!!
A just wanter 'proclaim' a really admire The Proclaimers, only two blokes, no bass, no percussion yet they make such great music & VERY rhythmical tunes!!!!! Brilliant ter see them live!!!!!!
And Scouting For Girls, brilliant ter see them live too!!!!! Slightly louder with a few keyboards thrown in... and yer can tell their still riding their newly found wave of success!!!! Beaming they were!!!!
But for me the 'ighlight of the neet..... The Stereophonics!!!!!!!!!
Just wish a could ave met The Sterephonics az a am a really BIG fan of theirs!!!!!!
And WHATTA MEGA COINCIDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The very two songs a mentioned on the blog the other dee.... 'Innocent' & 'Dakota' az being me favourites.... they went & did them!!!!!!
Probably a BIG coincidence but who knows maybe, ok unlikely, but maybe they read the blog & thought if those twos tunes are good enough for CLP's bloggers.... they're the two we'll do!!!!!!!!!!
Either way it made my dee.... BIG style!!!!! and Dakota they did an acoustic version - BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!
If am 'onest a waz surprised they didn't do their Christmas tune!!!!!
A find it a shame that 'Innocent' isn't being played enough on the radio ter be 'onest!!!!! It's a shame az there's so many tunes from so many artists coming it, there's just noot enough airtime ter play every tune & a think this iz why great tunes get lost in the system.... 'Innocent' just one example!!!!!!!!
Still at least the phonic dudes goot onter the Jools 'olland & were able ter do the gig last neet & show off their great new tune!!!!!!!
A 'ope CLP bangs this tune out more in 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It waz great ter meet so many other bloggers last neet & so many people!!!!!
Even started chatting ter a bloke from Wallasey near ter where a live.... and FREAK OUT!!!!!
E even went ter the same school az me!!!!!!!!!! Small world!!!!
Shame the neet went so fast & a don't getta chance ter meet everyone properly!!!!! Really would ave liked ter chat more ter people.... and see who a waz chattin' too!!!!! LOL!!!!! Couldn't due ter me Elvis shades!!!!!
Even CLP iz under pressure & buzy but it waz so great ter meet 'im again & 'ave a little chat & a few photers!!!!!
Great ter ave me piccie taken with Foxy too!!!!!

A suppose though a can't blog terdee without mentioning me on air BBC radio deBUT!!!!!!!!
BIG THANKS CLP for letting me on yer show & really enjoyed it!!!!!
The only bad thing..... a would ave done twenty minutes of on-air Bingo chat ter CLP... no problem!!!!!
In fact.... a 'ad alotta jokes & IMPORTANT crimbo advice for the listeners out there.... shame a could share it with all!!!!!!
But the good news iz.... later..... a will on this blog!!!!!
A sort of 'Bingo Star Christmas Message'.... bit like the Queen but more mad & with added advice & 'umour!!!!!!

The only downside ter me aving a taste of doing abitta on air stuff.... a wanter do more!!!!!!
A don't now, sorry know, if ave goot any talent, a feel a ave but ave noot proved it yet! So at the moment a might just be a delusional NUTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes a... NUTTER all!!!!!!!!
Butta do feel like a belong az an entertainer.... whereas a don't feel like a belong az a trucker... just the way it iz all, just the way it iz!!!!!!
All a do now, sorry know, iz a feel an intense energy ter do it & get on stage and make people 'appy.... this in turn making me 'appy ter make people 'appy!!!!! That makes me 'appy am 'appy ter say!!!!!
2010 iz the year ave gotta do something with this energy..... stop the talkin' & do abitta the walkin'!!!!!!
A think the best thing.... keep plodding on with me book.... but the BIG thing start getting me song lyrics ave written & me guitar riffs blended inter something pleasing ter the ears!!!!!!!!!
Any way talkin' about mesen ere again so i'll shut up know, sorry now!!!!!!

Finally a just wanter say ter all..... 'AVE A PROSPEROUS CHRISTMAS AND A MERRY NEW YEAR 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Back termozza or later with me crimbo message!!!!!!

..and I had so much to say.

But Bingo, my friend, you have stolen the show.

Yet again. And quite rightly so.

I can only end with;

Happy Christmas (War Isn't Over).

Peace, peace and love.

M - TAFKAMfR

Bingo. you are indeed a TRUE STAR!!! Don't go changing, kidder, laaaa!

So, when I got back to Stixville this arvo, it was time to play Santa Claus to God Children, nieces and nephew. Love then all to bits and after visiting 2 households with a combination of 5 kids, I am exhausted!

Nice end to the visiting was my beautiful 3 year old niece snuggling up to me for a cuddle, and falling asleep while sucking her thumb and her auntie stroking her wispy blond hair.

Dinner nearly ready - time to refill that glass of red!

Deevs, still everso slightly euphoric

xxx

CLP, did you get that we all had a fantastic time last night? Just thought I'd clarify in case others haven't been clear hehe. Thanks ever so much for the invitation, you are a true generous gent.

And thanks to MC, without whom I would've been listening on t' wireless and Karen for keeping us all calm in the face of adversity (pip pip indeed!!).

Feeling rather sleepy (I've just been "resting my eyes" this afternoon a bit) so won't be here for long, but just wanted to say thanks, and it was lovely to see all the bloggers I already know, and to meet new ones - don't be strangers!

Hope everyone got home safely, and Mary, Chrissie and Dan are well on their respective ways.

Much love and merry Christmas to everyone, hope you've all been good girls and boys so Santa will bring you what you want.

TTFN,
AF xxx

ps Pip, still smiling girl??

Just heard my youngest is on his way to deliver/pick up presents (and his turkey out of my freezer).

Anyone on the M8, keep well away from my boy. He's got a 4yr old and a little one on the way, who we found out today is another little boy. He's not due till May but a lovely Christmas present to know we've got another gorgeous little boy.

xxx

Oh and btw: Santa is landing in Mumbai!!!

xx

Just 'eard CLP mention another 'key change'... brings back memories of a volatiel relationship a waz once in.... she waz forever changing the locks ter keep me outta me own 'ome!!!!!!!

Matt Man - VERY nice ter meet yer.... but az for stealing things!!! a don't need this... reminds me of the time a once arreasted accused of shoplifting!!!!! All mistaken identity - 'adn't stolen anything!!!!
PS Can't tell yer what a waz accused of stealing - too embarressing!!!!!

Chezza Baybee - a sad ter say a ave changed... outta me crimbo Elvis suit... Suzie made me az soon az the show ended!!!!!!!
She said it's 'er or the suit.... ones gotta go... so a choosed the suit - know what am sayin'!!!!!!!!!!

PS ALL - So great ter meet so many - 'ope ter meet you all again!!!!!!

PPS ALL - Ave 'ad an idea yesterdee, but'll tell all know, sorry now!!!!
Why don't we organise an annual Christmas Bloggers meet every year in the week before crimbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It could be the annual MEGA BLOG MEET... that all who can attend... errr attend!!!!!!!!!!
This iz something uz bloggers could easily do!!!!!!

But ave 'ad an even better extension ter this idea - Only problem this would require CLP's services & we all know 'ow mega busy 'e iz... BUT.... CLP - Why noot ave an annual Christmas Breakfast Show MEGA Party... sort of similar ter last neet??????????
Could do it for charity, ave live acts/ bands and again ave aloada fans/ listeners come along ter join in the fun!!!!!!
Just a thought all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tatty bye!!!!!!!

Good evening one and all,

Pics on FB now so enjoy at your leisure and see yaeterdays blog to add me,

What a great night was had by all!

Errol xxx

Cheers Bingo.

They'll catch up with you eventually, but in the meantime we'll enjoy your madness.

Annie G. Happy Christmas, best blog bud. Glad you got to speak to Chris last night.

I caught him briefly to say hello and he made my Christmas Eve by sending me a Tweet.

I'd love to say what I really think of this place, but the Blog Police would remove it in a second.

But you know what I mean.

M.

Thanks Matt and Happy Christmas to you too. x

They're a lovely bunch aren't they? Haven't met them all but the ones I have I now count as friends.

Who leapt on you first? Was it Beez?

xx

Genius Errol, genius.

Just when I had come back down to earth, you have sent me straight back up into the clouds.

Lovely to relive last night.

Annie. Yes they are. My mind is still spinning, everyone was so lovely.

M.

Aw Chris, what a lovely farewell to Drivetime...

See you soon in the mornings.

A xxx

Bye Bye Drivetime ...... it's been fan flippin tastic xxx

Crumpy x

Awwww Bless. Bye Drivetime, hello Breakfast.

xxxx

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=185845&id=593878205&l=54c56e6f6b

Dont know if they will mod this but this is the link to the pics of last night for those who may want to take a peek

Errol xxx

Evening all,

Just arrived home after playing Santa at a kids party this afternoon! Listened to most of the last drive time show whilst on the car! ;-) Great job Drive Time Team! The drive home will not be the same in the New Year. :-(

I am pleased to be reading that all of the party bloggers seem to have survived the bash! I would be lying if I did not say that I am a just a little jealous of you all. Still I would have struggled to get to London yesterday and my attendance on the blog did not deserve an invitation so no complaints. Listening to the show from my own armchair was a treat as it is rare that I am at home in time for the show.

Off out down the pub tonight for a couple of pints of the finest ale my money can buy!

Merry Christmas one and all! X-x-x I hope you have all been good and that Santa delivers you exactly what it is you asked for! X-x-x

Keep smiling

Keith
the NotSoBigUn
xxx

Errol, thanks for the photos! :-)

Just had chinese takeaway and played Cluedo so actually feel like a family now

Loved the last Drivetime, it feels like we are all part of such a happy family that starts in the studio and spreads across us all

Sleep Well Noah, enjoy your first Christmas. xx

Seza xxx

Keith, how lovely, Santa on Christmas Eve.

Youngest arrived safely and has now left to go home again. Has instructions to phone when home.

Enjoy your pint(s).
xxxxx

Cheers Chris,

You know how much I appreciated your comment last night and the one above is both above and beyond.....which once again sums you up, thank you!
By the way - as anyone who saw you performing last night will testify.
There was no way that a bumbling incompetent who doesn't understand the question (like me) could bring a show that you are in control of to a halt.......does nothing phase you? - you were born to do this job and I loved watching you do it last night!

Oh and my Son thinks that we are now best mates after hearing us on the radio.....cheers for that too, you can't buy that sort of cred,

Echo all of the comments about your team - Scouse Sarah is gorgeous in every way and Hells Bells is terrifying in the best possible way.
Also - is Johnny the world's most polite man?
As for Foxy....Grrrrrr!

Clodagh - Thanks for organising it all so well, have a great Christmas x

Thunder - You didn't bore anyone with your photo's it was great to meet you.

Bingo - Can I add to the general praise for you mate - hope 2010 is a top year for you.

Pip - Not a hope x

Chrissie and Mary - good on you for making the effort, it was great to see you both again x

Errol - I don't know how you managed to get such brilliant pics - but great job

Matt - nice to meet you, hopefully get to chat more next time

Gingembre - would love to get out for a proper beer with you sometime, hope it went well this morning

Hazel - without sounding patronising....well done, I know yesterday was a tough day for you, but am glad you made the effort.....you do run Bingo a close second on the 'nuts' stakes though x

Superbeep - nice to finally meet the other half, hope he gave you a birthday treat! However wrong that sounds

Dissing - where'd you go?

Everyone else - thanks for being such fantastic company x

Oh and Debs - remind me not to cross you.......blimey!!!!!! xxx

Well, end of an era....start of another.....bring it on!

Rips

or

Paul from Aylesbury!

Rips

Top post bud, top.

M.

Re: The present fund

Thank you for all coughing up last night.

There was £306 and some pence including what I used last night for beer on the train home and food.

Therefore I will be making a donation of £60 to Children in Need on our behalf.

Cheers guys x

Chris - despite my inability to mention them on air, I hope they got home with you and that you, Tash and Noah enjoy them.

From all your bloggers

xxxxxxxxxxxx

Rips: great post. I agree re Debs - lovely girl, did she keep her shoes on?? Or grab a strange man?

xxxx

Annie, in the nicest way, we had Bingo!! We didn't any more strange men!!

Rips, well said. Next time you "bump" into Chris, I'm sure you'll be able chat very intelligently!!

Glad the present fund sorted out well.

Seza xxx

The Lord alone knows Annie!
She is a one woman army....not to be messed with.

And if she did grab a strange man, it's fairly safe to say that they would stay grabbed.

OH DEBS - you knows I means it in the best way don'you?

xxxx

Right - last minute presents to wrap and Father Christmas' beer to drink.

Have the best day tomorrow everyone and make sure you drink and eat too much!! ;^)

Ripstickles

x

Seza - the day I can chat to anyone intelligently will be a big day 8^))

Merry Christmas

x

Rips, Boy2 says you should leave Father Christmas's beer alone!! You should have your own beer now!!

xxx

Well, as long as he does ask you what you've been doing!!


um um Bag from Ferrari shop? No, not me!!

xxx

I'm like the corner shop to this family!! Daughter has just phoned to say could I take batteries round in the morning. What daft person doesn't buy batteries for Christmas Day??

Luckily for her, I have a stash.

xxxx

Annie.

Don't say you have a stash.

There will be blue lights before you know it.

M.

Oh, sorry Matt.

Youngest son home and his little'un has prepared a feast for Santa and Rudolph.

Can relax now. Where's the Pinot Noir?

xxxx

Right here.

Fancy a glass?

Enjoy.

M.

Thanks Matt.

Where's Beez??

xxxx

I'm in a reet good mood troops!

Deevs
xx

And forgot to say: The 'corner shop' which is my kitchen, also provided the jaffa cakes for Santa. He told the 4yr old when we visited him that he should leave them out for him and Rudolph.

xx

Yes please Matt

Thanks

xxx

Am going to finish off being Santa's little helper now the boys have gone to bed.

I have Victoria Wood on to ease me into Christmas

She's just mentioned Barry & Freda so Let's Do It!!!

Have a wonderful Christmas

I hope it brings you all that you want and hope for

Love

Sarah xxx

Without wishing to get all 'I love you, you're my besht mate...', can I say that I loved meeting every single one of you last night.

I'm not generally good at those kind of things, as you may have guessed, and I had a few traumas before actually arriving, but once there, although it was bizarre, I kind of felt OK.

I'm sorry I had to skip off before the meal, but I had a wonderful time and can't wait to do it again.

Many lists to come over the next few days...

M - TAFKAMfR

What a swell-egant, elegant party, that WAS!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Christophe...I'm sorry I let the cat art the bag pressie-wise, but if you can make out the ickle writing on the bottle label, please just check it out...

Anyhoo, just to say, thank you for such a fab night, I had a truly superb time...thanks to Crumpy, for the Heather Mills and Cinderella joke mainly, to be honest...xx and how lovely to meet some others of you who I've never met before...I hope everyone got home safely...

Was also lovely to have a chat with the divine Miss Hotlips, and the eternally beautiful Johnny Boy Revell...not forgetting the equally divine MR Hotlips (our Bradley)...thank you for your time, and larfs! Good luck with Hotlips Jnr, and with GLR...and may it always be thus!!!

Thank you, thank you, and wishing you all a very merry and wonderful Christmas. I'm off to defrost m'turkey.

roll
love
hazel
x

ps I'd just like to remind everyone, neither one of the Proclaimers is Chris Evans, and the Stereophonics came home with me. Well, a girl can dream...

Matt, I was just so relieved that you are akshully that good looking in real life...

And the Badger has opened the Vino.

o joy at bleedin last!!!
cheers to one and all xx


You're my BESHT FRENDSSSSHNDS...

Hazel: Wishing you good health and wealth in 2010. Your photo was luvverly. xxxxx

Hiya gang, just dropping in to share the love... and the vino

Am so glad you all had a fab time at the O2, have just been having a peek at Errol's photos on FB, it looked fabulous and am now even more jealous than I was before!

Rx

Haze

Lovely to meet you and thank you for being so kind.

Much, much love.

Holy shit, there is so much love here tonight.

M.

Hello

Just checked out the pics from last night on facebook and they are fab! I am so envious of you guys, couldn't have happened to a nice bunch of people.

What a top bloke CLP is.

Hope you're all having a good evening.

Jingle bells an' all that......

Debbie x

Matt, I was a bit overwhelmed when we got there too! I've been to a few blog meets now, but never with that number of people, half of whom I'd never met. Which is why I stood next to Gingembre for ages before speaking to him! I hope he didn't think I was rude... But everyone's so lovely, you can't help but chat away (although I usually need a couple of drinks first hehe).

Hope you're enjoying the Pinot, don't forget to pour Annie a glass (hello chicken!).

AF xx

Halloooooo AF, glad you got home safely.

Am looking at pressies - going in there!!!!!

xxxxx

What? Annie, are you going to start opening???

Rx

Yup. xx

Annie, NOOOOOOOOOO!!

xx

Pen's right Annie...nooooooo!!

Rx

Penny: YEEEESSSSSSSSS. I always do it on Christmas Eve. That way I don't have to get up at dawn.

xxxxx

Blinky Blimey - and you lot thought I was bonkers .... try watching Heston Wotnots Christmas Feast .......

xx

Been there, done that Annie. I don't really have time on Christmas morning before we go to my brother's house, and I don't like to be rushed, so I open gifts from my friends on Christmas Eve and then get the family ones on Christmas Day.

So far I've been given some beautiful jewellery and toiletries, a PostSecret book and some craft stuff, a gorgeous mini hot water bottle and a fabulous CD :-)

Hope other people like my gifts as much as I like theirs.

Tired now, so goodnight, sweet dreams, and merry Christmas to all!

Much love,
AF xx

Rosie: I've been there, done it. Been woken before dawn even, and I'm never going there again.

I'm opening!!!

xxxxxx

See? AF's there before me.

xxxx

Night AF. Have a wonderful Christmas Day. xxxxx

Let's do it, brilliant!

xx

Ok, no kiddies in my house so I can get up when I want in the morning and have a leisurely pressie opening in my jim jams...

Rx

JimJams! Thanks for the reminder Rosie - need to locate my Ho Ho Ho Pjs and put them in the airing cupboard overnight so they're nice and toasty in the morning!

Deevs
x x x

Dear Chris,

It was a most wonderful evening wasn't it .I'm still a little bit fazed by it all.

Thank you Chris for everything and what a great team you have at your side ,and a big Thank you to them also .

At the beginning of this year I had set myself some goals to achieve and I seemed to have done them all in one night .

So once again ,Thank You.

Yours sincerely Bridget ,aka Bids.xxx.

Well CLP, I hope you realise how much stress you put on us all to attend your bye bye drivetime show ??

I legged it out of the door covered in marmalade, which was simmering on the stove, that was only one of six culinary delights that were due to be ready for tomorrow, some as gifts.

I got up at 5.00am determined to be ready to be organised to do stage one of my journey, from here, to Bids..

After taking a detour from West Somerset to Portsmouth via Basingstoke, ok, ok, I know !!! I finally reached Bids after a 357 mile drive, including my work miles.


I dont think I can top anything that anyone has already put on here.

There were obviously people that I was looking forward to meeting as we all have people that we 'click with'

But I think on the whole, we all had something in common in the first place, which is why we all got on so well.

Thank you so much CLP, and Errol, the group photo... WOW !!

On my way back from Bids, I popped in to see the Donkeys at Sidmouth that she has adopted for all the bloggers.

VJ, is adorable and was happy to pose.

Daniel was content too until a lovely couple offered to take a snap of me and him together, all I can say is , he is camera shy!

I took lots of photos tho and will put these and blog meet pics too as soon as I get the tutoring off kids ( my chrissie pressie )

One or two interesting ones too.....

Back to original subject and CLP putting us through all this again..


Yes please, WHEN??

Thanks so much. MTF.xx

And thats after only 2 scrumpy jacks, watch out !!!!!!

MTF.xx