Thank you for your lovely wishes SB, Ina, Butterfly , Misty and Ken...
I have been absolutely exhausted today...can't quite believe just how tired I've been after yesterdays long day..
I finally got the story..O/H and Daughter had been co-ercing for about a month about how to make the day Special for me.. He'd said he'd booked the river cruise and concert et al...but she was at a Loss to know what to buy me. She felt that nothing was really special enough, so she knew the most precious thing to me in the world is HER..and as she lives abroad and works 7 days a week we rarely have time together...so with the help my s-i-l who encouraged her to go and he would cover her work..my O/H and her plotted together for her to come for my birthday but stay at a family members' house on Thursday night, and then meet us at a pre-arranged venue on the Southbank at 12 noon.
So there was me and o/h happily sitting in the sun having a cold Cordial outside of Festival Hall when suddenly daughter appears...What a wonderful Birthday gift, I couldn't have asked for better..!!
She brought me some beautiful photos she'd had taken professionally of both her and my s-i-l and seprately of my adorable Grandfurkids which she'd had framed as an extra Birthday Gift .
So yes it was the most memorable Birthday I've ever had..couldn't have asked for better!!

Tonight I'm off to the see Mike and Mechanics in Concert...so I've had to have a sleep today to offset the exhaustion of yesterday and ensure I stay awake tonight..LOL...