Three days after we got back, and we were still waking up at 3.30am, it was that time of year again - time for my work Christmas Do (yes in January).

Not too much to report, well nothing that would be interesting to most. One thing though, when you spend all day with people in white coats, white shoes and a white hair net under hideous fluorescent lighting, it is surprising how well they scrub up.

Dinner and dancing before a 12.30 departure to curl up in bed after a very long day,
leaving feeling that I didn't get to say hi to hardly any of the people I'd meant to - a task that is much harder in my current people management role.

What was amusing was that a number of my staff came to have a chat Monday morning, very tentatively telling me that they remembered talking to me, but had no idea what they'd said. I reassured them we were all talking rubbish, then stored up the details for a later date.

I won't say much else, as I'm sure it is just the pics of everyone looking glamourous that you're after.