How do we do it? Not only organising a day out at a super fun park but super weather to go with it and all our passengers on time both in the morning and for the return journey in the evening.

It was much quicker getting home than going - our journey across London . In the morning the journey took far longer than expected due to a series of fatal accidents blocking our route - fortunately our coach drivers were all in touch and were able to get out of the jam and take alternative roads. I felt very proud of all our autistic passengers - they all coped well with the extra long journey.

I was especially pleased to see one of our passengers arrive - Karen had got up early on a Thursday morning for the first time in about two years - a big achievement for her and her family and helpers.

She was keen to get on the bus and get going and kept her helpers busy enjoying the fun and every ride she could get on throughout the day - Congratulations Karen!

< Clare, Jenny and Kofi - just about in one piece after experiencing Thorpe Park's delights...

When we arrived we all wore our wristbands as identity to allow us to join the short queues for the rides. I hadn't expected to have two consecutive rides on the biggest 'twistyest' roller coaster you have ever seen!!! I kept my eyes shut so I couldn't see where my stomach went - I had to wait till lunchtime to find it again. Lots of our supporters from the ALAG group came this time and it was lovely to see how they were so helpful to each other. I especially want to thank Clare for her help in accompanying Kofi on all the adventurous rides, her help just made his day.

During the afternoon Gill had a call from the lost child centre saying they had an autistic child there and was it one of ours? I found my way over to the centre (one way of getting out of another roller coaster ride) to see if it was one of our children. He was a lovely little boy but after checking all our lists I found he wasn't one of ours so we didn't end up coming home with one extra. (His carers came and found him eventually; they had a group of about 16 children to keep an eye on!). So! Congratulations to you all for keeping track of each other and I look forward to seeing you all at the New Year Party.

Jenny Lushington