120 Hours

Mum's birthday surprises continued today with a behind-the-scenes guided tour of the Mercury from the lovely Ellie. It was great to see in the lighting box, the wardrobe department and nose around behind the stage at all the props. We then went for a tasty brunch before I had to get back to work; that came as a drag after a day and a half of fun things.

I met Ellie again in the evening to see Festival Of The Spoken Nerd at the Arts Centre. The show was a comic mix of experiments, science-based songs and general science gags. One of Ellie's tweets got used as an example of how random number selection usually starts with a 1.