Nights Out...

RNLI Charity Ball, Preston

On Saturday, Natasha and I headed to the Marriott Hotel in Preston for a charity ball in aid of the RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It was being run by my friend Luke, who was one of my ski reps when I went to Andorra, and whose house we all bombarded last New Year's Eve, as he is windsurfing the channel next May so wanted to raise some money for the charity that may end up helping him! 

We had booked a hotel room at Guy's Thatched Hamlet for the night, which was a quaint little place that looked like something out of a Disney film! We dropped our bags off there first before heading to the hotel where the evening began with a glass of Bucks Fizz.

After standing and chatting for a while we were asked to take our seats, and enjoyed a lovely three course meal, which I was very impressed with to say there were 90 people catered for. We had tomato and basil soup, followed by chicken in a creamy sauce with sweet potato and root vegetables, and finally a vanilla cheesecake with berry compote and fresh fruit.

After the food the dancing started, and there were various party games and a raffle, and we stayed around drinking prosecco until about 1am, when we finally decided to head into Preston. The nightclub we went to was called The Loft and stayed open until 6am, so we were there until the early hours, and I eventually got back to the hotel room at 7.30am! Was hardly worth paying for a room!

It was such a fun if very messy night (to be expected when Tasha and Luke are involved!) and we met some great new people and had a blast, worth every of the many pennies I spent that night!