A festive Fantom

Despite by best efforts, the year really does seem to be flying by and Christmas seems to be fast approaching. This weekend marked the last signing for the year.

Following last week’s trend, I stopped with Martin and Gary in Bristol on the Friday (again full of laughter). As ever for a Fantom, Saturday was an early start as we headed off to Chiswick for a very busy day. The draw for most this month was Richard Wilson, who I had the pleasure of sitting with for a bit and was able to talk to him about some of his work. However for me, it was lovely to catch-up with Nick Evans as he was signing in the second session, as well as sitting with the charming Geoffrey Beevers. With the end of the signing for a change, we didn’t go around the corner for a few, but instead setup for the Fantom Christmas party which was great fun and a really nice way to end the year as for once we didn’t all have to dash off. Whilst I wasn’t very good at the TV and Film quiz (despite it being my secret Santa), everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Following a late night back to Bristol we were all up fairly early (thanks to me sadly) as I headed off back to Wales. However, Sunday was Martin’s birthday (so I felt even worse that I got everyone up early and was cooked breakfast) so we did a few quick birthday bits and recorded this week’s radio show before I went. I detoured on my way back to call-in on Michael Craig and his wife Sue as Fantom had organised a private signing. For me though, it was an excuse to spend a delightful morning chatting to them both and drinking tea (two of my special skills). Not wanting to outstay my welcome I finally headed back to Cardiff and for a change still had something of Sunday to catch-up on normality, which make as change indeed. All in all, it made for a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend, still dashing around, but perhaps not quite as much as usual.