Hey! Now there's a thought!

We could go on a booze cruise!

I haven't seen Lyn since the wedding

I vote that we should buy it girls. Don't be silly Jean, it would be at least a fiver each. What fun we could have sailing up the Thames in that. Perhaps we could invite Rod to come aboard to sing 'I am sailing'?

As for Lyn, I hope that she has learned her lesson about cutting hair without permission or payment up front! Then there is Julie! I believe that her flimsy may have been caught and ripped the night of the wedding. I hope so as we cannot have her dangling from the mast on the Arc Royal displaying her unmentionables (or Jean's pink spotted Blackpool pants) . Julie M perhaps you could start knitting fetching seafaring (ok Thames) outfits and I think that Kathleen should be in charge of headgear as her wedding hat lit up the Abbey. Doreen could sell ice creams and hot dogs from the deck on her slightly trampled thingymabob which has now been returned to her.

I am sure that between us we could come up with a solid, sensible plan which may also serve as our basis for the 2012 Olympics. Hoping that we are all practising our synchronised pole dance, which I have on good authority (Mary) is to be recognised as a new sport. Only gold will do girls after we were so badly treated at last year's winter olympics!

If it is to be a booze cruise - typical suggestion from Doreen - we`ll need an awful lot of booze. However, I`m happy to chip in, and I think Eleanor`s suggestion of Julie knitting seafaring outfits sounds great. Her knitted "Royals" were much commented on at the Palace last Friday. I`m happy to do the headgear if that`s what people want - in fact I could recycle my lighthouse hat, as it would come in very handy if it`s foggy on the Thames.

Synchronised pole-dancing sounds great - but how can we keep Jean in sync with the rest of us? She`s always a bit behind. She`ll have to improve if we want to win gold.

Yes, Doreen might have more luck selling hot dogs & ice creams on the boat than she did in the Abbey.

You don`t suppose they`ll leave any planes on the Ark Royal do you? Having a plane handy would be great - I think I`ll start training for my pilot`s license, just in case.

Eleanor, it would be really good if you could bake another of your special cakes.

A small word of warning ladies - remember the last time Jean & Gwenda went cruising????????????????????

Oh my goodness, I can feel a twirl coming on. Who is going to the auction to bid for us? Certainly not Lyn, we can't go through all that again, and probably not Dor, as she'd take that damned squashed tea trolley with her. I vote for Eleanor, as she is usually so out of it on cake, she'd just go on bidding until it was ours.

Oh - I can just see us in Julie's knitted swimsuits diving off the gun casements and being rescued by the river police - BRING IT ON! And I think Kathleen had a brainwave with her idea of re-cycling her wedding hat for foggy trips. Well done that woman.
We need to elect a Captain and re-name the tug. Any ideas?

Oh Julie, a "Freudian slip" there from Eleanor! She`s never been the same since Lyn attacked her with the scissors.

I apologise unreservedly Julie! I of course was refering to Lyn and her cutting instruments of hair torture. x

.........and I'll have you know Eleanor, I will never EVER be seen in a balaclava
I have my dignity to maintain you know.

I think that Lyn should go and bid for the Arc Royal. She may take an interest in it if put in charge of the auction. Less likely to try to cut it into shreds!