2009

Has been the 'best year of my life'.

It has brought me many new friends, many inspirational, wonderful friends who are now as close to me as family. We have rough-hewed a London family from those who wondered into the fold with a familiar glint in their eye, added them to our collection of gypsies and ragamuffins, and now the love keeps us all warm.

We began the year dressed as chavs in a warehouse in Bow. We see it out in a similar vein. 2009 has brought us all closer the Bow residents, in a way that only living so intimately can. Having an urban community has been wonderful - a luxury. Being able to 'call on' your friends who live only metres away is a rarity. And now the news has come that we may be out. If this is the case, then so be it. It's been the best year of my life.

Thanks to you all for making it so.