On Saturday we decided to head into Birmingham. Debbie was meeting Kay and some other friends later on and we thought that the train journey and the Christmas market would be an adventure for Ben. It was very busy - not too much sign of recession on this Saturday two weeks before Christmas - but we had a good time. Ben thought the train was fun, especially when we went past the airport. In town we managed to largely avoid the shops and pottered very slowly around the German Christmas market, where we found a carousel. Having refused to let him go on merry-go-rounds a couple of times recently, we decided against our better judgement, to go on this one. We avoided the horses and all three of us sat in a carriage. Ben thought it was fantastic, waving to all the people as we passed by and didn't want to come off. 
It was soon time for Debbie to meet up with her friends, so Mark took Ben back on the train, discovering when they arrived at the car park at Berkswell that he didn't have his car key with him. So they trooped back to Birmingham to collect a key from Debbie, with Ben putting up with things stoically, although not enjoying his third and fourth train journeys quite so much as the first two!
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Oops about the car key, but good to hear you're all having fun for the most part! And next time Ben goes on a carousel please please can I come? I love them and I look silly going on by myself at my age!!
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