Because if I had been shmoozing with blogging celebrities I would have missed Extreme Gothic Morris Dancing (check out the coats and hats!).
I would have missed The Big One having a go at fencing for the first time and then he wouldn't have had his picture taken for the local paper, Stamford Mercury.
I would have missed The Big One Zorbing with his friend.
And who'd want to miss that?
Now pop over to Sticky Fingers Blog and look at the other entries into The Gallery:
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