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Yes, after his last post, he will be needing a new key for the padlock on the shed door coz I just locked him in it and thrown the key down the toilet.

Funny you mention Hillsborough Raff. I have been a lifelong Liverpool fan and even stood in the old kop end a few times which could get hairy. Hillsborough was going through my mind last night as I was stuck in the middle. Certainly didn't help my state of mind.

As we were driving home we were listening to LBC Radio. They had several people sending in texts and emails about being caught up in it, so when I got home I emailed too. They read it out on air and said they were going to investigate, but I am still going to make my own complaints and yes, good idea about the Evening Standard. I shall drop them an email too.

The more I think about it, practically all of the crowd stewards were very young, obviously inexperienced, and for some strange reason pretty much all I spoke to had a brummies accent so I have a feeling they may have been bused in from elsewhere!

As I posted yesterday, we headed up to the Embankment to the disabled section in the crowd as we have done on previous occasions, to watch the stunning display. Parking was no problem. We even managed to get a space that allowed for us to get the wheelchair in and out of the car easily.

As we headed along the Embankment towards Big Ben I did note that there seemed to be heavier crowds than normal and it was only 7pm. We were stopped by Vodafone stewards handing out promotion bags. I told them we were going to the disabled section. I was told that it wasn't there this year as Vodafone were sponsoring the event and had taken over the entire section for corporate guests!! At this point I was mildly worried as there was no way we could fight our way back through the crowds. We decided the best thing to do was to park me up against the railings at the back of the Savoy hotel so that people wouldn't crush me or trip over my chair. As time went on my fears were being realised. The idiotic morons in charge of crowd control were not monitoring the situation and people started to get crushed. Women were crying and screaming. One lady, who stupidly bought a two yr old in a pushchair,held the baby up in the air asking others to take her out. I could feel myself getting panicky.

The final straw came when two men nearly came to blows because no one could move, and people started pushing each other. For the first time in my life I started having what I now know was a panic attack!! I couldn't breathe and my body started trembling uncontrollably. I am greatly in debt to Mr Dolly, and especially a very kind group of people including a lady who happened to be a heart and lung nurse. They all surrounded my wheelchair stopping people from crushing me.
The police were nowhere to be seen. People tried phoning 999 but couldn't even get a phone signal. In the end the nurse lady yelled at people to pass a message along the line as far as it needed to go to get the police to come help me.
I am so, so grateful to the 6 police officers who fought their way through to help get me out. They managed to create a very tight cordon around me until we reached a "sterile" area under Blackfriars bridge. My sense of relief was so great that the policeman holding my hand suggested I get seen by medics, but before I could reply, I started puking up !

WHAT A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE,!! I was so embarrassed, but relieved. When I explained to one of the officers about Vodafone taking away our disabled section section she was outraged and advised me to make official complaints to both them and Boris Johnson. I fully intend to!!

Once under the bridge we were told that there was no way to get out as the whole area was jam packed but we were allowed to stay in the safe area for the remainder of the night. We watched as the police went back in and got as many children as they could out of that section. It must have got worse as they eventually sent police horses in.
All I can say is that whoever was in charge of crowd safety in that section last night should be sacked. Far too many people were being allowed through.

Regarding PMs. There is no need to worry about them as not even Chrissie can access or read what is in them.

I shall have my sparklers well wrapped up thank you very much!!