Throughout your life, every now and then, you meet someone who goes on to change your life. You’ll have heard me talk a lot about Rowan throughout the podcast. I met Rowan in 2012 and over the course of time she changed my life for the better and I am incredibly grateful. We worked together for a few years where our friendship began to form, but it was only when she moved on to a new job that we really started to bond and she invited me into her world and to meet her friends and I was welcomed by an amazing group of people who went on to help shape my next chapter; they make me laugh, they inspire me and I learn so much from them and I am always in a very happy place when I’m with them. Between 2015 - 2019 we would always rent a house in the country to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Each year it was never the exact same group of friends, as some would have work or have family commitments or might be celebrating elsewhere, but that meant we could then invite others which allowed us to continue to expand the friendship circle. I’ve picked out 2 of our New Year celebrations, and with it being New Year there are quite a few drug references in this episode, but for me this is a story about the love of friendship, creating shared memories and the joy of merging friends.

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Key Characters:

Rowan - One of my best mates who I met in my single years

Flossie, Jay, Cara, Walt, Anne, Ryan, Nina, Morgan, Adam, Chloe, Morgan, Tim, Dave, Mary - London friends

Locations:

Lumiere - now closed down

http://lumierelondon.blogspot.com/

Tywyn Wales

https://www.visitmidwales.co.uk/Tywyn-Tywyn/details/?dms=3&venue=1023165

Kings Lynn

https://www.visitwestnorfolk.com/places/kings-lynn/

Entertainment References:

Frozen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(2013_film)

12 Years a Slave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)

Elf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf_(film)

Zootopia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zootopia

The Mannequin Challenge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin_Challenge

Ecstasy: The Battle of Rave

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p08qw04h

Beats

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats_(2019_British_film)

Diary, She Wrote was produced by Liz Beardsell in partnership with Bird Lime Media with original music by Ethan Illingworth and artwork by Robbie Porter.