London

As some of you know (because you gave some really good suggestions) I had a Lad and Dad weekend with my son last week.

He's 14 and loves his Xbox.

He also gets out and about with his mates and they do a fair amount of mucking about - which I think is great; just what boys should do, although I'm fairly pleased not to know all the detail of what he gets up to.  For example, a few months ago I asked how his Saturday had been.

'Alright,' he grunted. 'We found an old supermarket trolley in the woods and took it in terms to sit in it while the others pushed as fast they could.  Then we found a dart and tried to see who could throw it closest to someone else's foot without them flinching.'

Hmmm...

Anyway, it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I was facing the weekend.  Would he enjoy himself?  Would it just be a chore for him?  Would he be interested in stuff?

I needn't have worried.  We did so much... here it is in order.

We started with a Wetherspoon's breakfast to fortify ourselves for the day.  Then it was up Tower Bridge for the Tower Bridge Experience - including across the walkways 42 metres above the Thames!  Very interesting it was, too.

Then on to HMS Belfast, which was excellent, as well.  We spent 2 hours on the warship.

We took a tube 'up west' to Leicester Square where we bought tickets for a play.  (I thought Adam would want to see a show but he suggested we went to see Jeeves and Wooster... having seen a bit of it on the telly a couple of weeks ago).

From Leicester Square we went to Piccadilly Circus, across to Trafalgar Square, Downing Street, The Palace of Westminster.  We bought a sandwich and sunbathed on St James's Park, walked down the Mall to Buckingham Palace and back up Bird Cage Walk to Horsguards, back on to Whitehall and eventually to Leicester Square for a drink.

Then it was a steakhouse for dinner.  8oz sirloin turned up raw together with a very hot stone and we cooked it ourselves in different flavoured sauces.

Jeeves and Wooster, set in the 1920s and based on the P G Wodehouse characters, was very funny.  I wasn't sure Adam would enjoy it but he certainly seemed to and I know I did.

So back to the hotel for 11.30 - exhausted... or at least I was!

Thank you for all your suggestions... we couldn't do them all so we'll just have to go back for another go!