Route 66 continues..........

Catherine is up early again, and along with multi-tarting, points out to Elb where exactly in POTO the shot of Gerry’s feet was, hence the need for verra expensive shoes..... Blu can’t decide whether to be up or in bed, and Gusti is going to see her family today. Catherine exposes her legs while Tina catches up and Elb finally surfaces, having missed everyone for Breakfast Club! Berenise too is late in, finds no-one but Elb and decides to spend time in the Real World.

Miss Hyde arrives in high excitement, having enjoyed the MOR gig yesterday, then Catherine stirs up a hornet’s nest by reporting that Andrew Lloyd Webber thinks someone other than Gerry should have been cast as the Phantom. ENGLAND is indignant to say the least! Berenise, Tina and Catherine all leap to Gerry’s defence, and Miss Hyde points out that if it hadn’t been for Joel casting Gerry, none of us would be on the site! Gracie too jumps on her soapbox, but then ENGLAND’s wrath abates until teatime, when Catherine seeks out someone to play with... Tina is in a Bridget Jones frame of mind, and Gracie has been playing Hokey-Cokey with her washing.... Catherine can’t take the heat, but stays in the kitchen, and Goffy is in a strop over her raffle prize! Em flies by, having played with monkeys but not the Phantom’s.... Sparkle excuses her watching BB by saying that it stretches Jamie out a bit more, and Euphemia can’t make up her mind whether she’s having a good day or a bad day!

Anatomy Lecturer Professor Peigi McCann visits in the guise of a Lurker, and posts a link to an English-American dictionary which tickles ENGLAND’s funny bone.

Euphemia explains to Gracie where Misu’s name is from, and ever-observant Catherine tells ENGLAND that not only have Admin put a link to the B&G petition in their latest update, but also that details for Glasgow 2007 are to be announced soon! ENGLAND immediately readies itself, poised for action......

Eeyore returns from holidaying in Scotland with Jamie, and with a nasty tummy bug. Due to start her new job, she fears she may not be well enough.... Elb returns from seeing the Da Vinci Code at the cinema (excellent), getting her laundry done without having to stamp on it! (most excellent!) and dinner at her parents (not so excellent). Gracie drops a pin, and admires Elb’s smilies before departing to feast on Big Brother’s inanities.... So no difference to the ENGLAND thread then...... Goffy prefers ‘tongue sarnies’ to ‘snogs’ and Eeyore gets the **** scared out of her by last night’s Doctor Who. Bearing in mind the nature of her illness, this cannot possibly be good news........... Els whizzes in, followed by Miss Hyde, Els happy after a surfeit of Huge Ackman, but tired and poorly, so doesn’t stop. Sparkle too skids through, confessing to watching trash TV like the rest of us, but promises to renew her acquaintance with Jamie in bed... Elb too is watching X Factor in between postings.....

Late-night Yorkie arrives just as ENGLAND is dispersing, and tells of her lovely family picnic in Northumberland, scoffing fruitcake and hard boiled eggs, washed down with lashings of ginger beer..... Oh wait. That’s the Famous Five.... Ooops. Elb and Goffy are distraught when Chris Moyles is ousted from X Factor, and Yorkie ignores Elb as it appears she is offline. Elb most definitely is ON line, and tells her so! Yorkie placates her with damson jam and hot tea......Goffy and Eeyore head off to bed - leaving Yorkie and Elb discussing bad cooking and Dan Brown books, prompting Elb to show off her newly acquired spoiler tag skills, and her admiration of Paul Bettany’s arse..... Yorkie complains about whinging kids, and Elb neatly steers conversation back to Paul Bettany’s arse.... Finally the pair admit defeat, and jointly shut ENGLAND down for the night........