sir richard

not this week but the one before i was lucky enough to meet sir richard branson!

our work held a night called 'dinner with richard' where partners and kids could come along and have a casual dinner and drink along with the possibility of meeting the guest of honour. 

soon enough that evening richard arrived in his helicopter and we watched from the window of our floor as he made his way through the masses of people, each one asking for a photo or autograph. 

ever since i started working at virgin i have hoped i would get to see him and this was my chance!

a few of us made our way into the crowd and positioned ourselves in a spot near him.

after a few minutes he turned our way and the two german exchange students that i was with jumped on either side of him for a photo.  

because they had forgotten their camera the plan was for me to take a photo on mine and then for us to swap. that all went smooth enough however when it was my turn things started to get complicated!

the first attempt at taking a photo of the lovely richard and i revealed that my memory card was full. 

much to my horror i quickly deleted one photo and jumped back into position.

with richard's arm around my waist and a big smile ready to go they tried to take a second photo. 

this time it worked however because my camera can sometimes do a double flash they lowered the camera too soon and actually took a photo of our bodies instead! 

while this photo was still pretty cool i knew i couldn't leave without an actual one of us.

so i deleted yet another photo and finally we got a good one, thank goodness!

he was lovely throughout, we exchanged a few words and it was quite funny by the third photo attempt. 

plus it meant i got a bit more time by his side which was very cool. 

i didn't look around at any faces in the crowd though as i'm sure people would have been thinking what is this girl doing, get her out of the way so we can have our turn!

the whole experience was fast but amazing and it certainly got the adrenaline going. 

i know he's just a person like the rest of us but he is so successful and he is the reason i have the job i do. 

it's not everyday you get a photo op with someone this famous and i wasn't going to miss out.

we all felt slightly bad for him though, the way everyone (including us!) bombarded him for photos. 

but it really does mean a lot to the staff and it's wonderful that he gave up his night to make ours. 

here are three snaps, the first is the one of just our middle halves, the second is probably the closet i'll ever come to looking and feeling like a celebrity and the third is my favourite.