England takes Route 66.......

.........- From Chicago to LA - BritTarts never stop talking!

Catherine can’t sleep, and starts Thread 66 before Breakfast Club officially opens, providing a smooth transition from thread 65 for Elb, Gusti and Euphemia, who has now become a regular at BC. Cathy too turns up for breakfast, having been unable to get online last night when the site crashed... She had a lovely birthday, and filled her face with Chinese.... and will host a BBQ tonight. Euphemia plans to get up to no good in the garden, Lady Claire makes a fleeting visit, and Gusti loves pedicures, but still insists she doesn’t have a foot fetish! Tina and Del too arrive for a fly-through en route to work, and Elb is off to the shop again.... Del helps Gusti with travel suggestions to plan her trip to Scotland, and Euphemia and Catherine both need a dye-job before London! Berenise arrives late after a lie-in to say that Tonya will go to Colorado to speak at the Convention...

Sparkle does lunch listening to Miss Hyde at the Monsters of Rock gig, and Catherine and Em are enjoying the sun. Blu has computer trouble at home, and Tina has got hubby slaving away in the garden while she slaves indoors. She too will be getting a new ‘do’ for London...

ENGLAND is honoured by a Royal visit - Qweenie drops in from Oz to warn that she will be back when ENGLAND hit 69..................

Everyone worries about haircuts and outfits for London...until Catherine alerts ENGLAND to Admin’s post that Gerry will be in Ischia again this year. There is a moment’s hesitation, then ENGLAND revert to worrying about their coiffures again...Goffy makes Scouse, and Elb makes it home after a tedious day. She has seen Els and her Mum, and both are looking forward to the trip. Elb also notices that she did the 66th post on Thread 66. Gracie wonders who did the 6th on 66......uh-oh, it was Elb again.......

ENGLAND goes off to get their Saturday night fix of David Tennant/Doctor Who and Catherine whistles in the dark for company. Duly sated with DT, ENGLAND return, and although Tina says she is resting the lovely David tonight, Elb twists her arm to make her post Tennant-spam again. Gusti is quiet as she is busy researching her trip to the UK, and Goffy is checking out Love-Sacs.......Sophie pops in again to show ENGLAND the Ter-Ger looky-likey she spotted at an Oz Footie game, but ENGLAND aren’t convinced...Yorkie shows up late again, having been enjoying family life and Donny Osmond in her garden. David Cassidy is Elb’s teen heart-throb of choice, and Catherine concurs, but neither has had the pleasure of DC in their garden.......

Blu is in and out again, exhausted after watching rubbish cricket, and Gracie demands to know why ENGLAND weren’t invited to Yorkiewood for her barbeque this afternoon; Yorkie’s excuse of insufficient sausages is frankly not good enough, and Gracie stomps off to get Chinese instead. Changing the subject swiftly, Yorkie reminisces about kiddies’ tea parties, and Elb recounts gruesome games played when she was a child....Goffy perks up at the mention of strawberry Angel Delight. Elb tells of Gerry’s shoes in POTO costing £260 new, but selling for £4200, but Yorkie would prefer tootsies au naturel. How much woud she pay for that? Goffy enlightens Yorkie about Love-Sacs, and Sparkle shocks her by saying Jamie has taken second place to Big Brother tonight!

Elb is far too tired for smut, and poops the party by heading off to bed with Jamie to ease her poor leggies. Yorkie follows suit as she is having a Big Adventure tomorrow.....

ENGLAND sleeps.................