My report on how things went yesterday.
Was constantly thinking that I'd lost my mobile phone because I couldn't feel it in my pocket, a strap broke on my bag, the bus home was delayed because of a truck fire, then it was delayed further because of bus company incompetence and I rediscovered just how much I dislike crowds.
My day out seems to have had one beneficial effect on me though, my compulsion to post seems to have disappeared, my guess is that there was no room for it alongside my feeling of being absolutely pissed off.