Tourist
For reasons I’ve never quite understood, it’s an accepted tradition for people from Birmingham to come down to Stratford for the day at weekends and on Bank Holidays. Maybe they just get tired of breathing the polluted air in the … Continued
Shakespeare country
R and I went to the cinema today – we think quite possibly for the first time since the pandemic – to see Hamnet. It was outstanding – lyrical, beautiful, and heartbreaking – and I wept through quite a bit … Continued
Breakfast club
R had to have blood tests done in Stratford early this morning, and when I mentioned this to the Boy Wonder, giving him the option of either going out with Granddad early doors or meeting up with him for breakfast … Continued
Emergency Cormorant
I didn’t want to go out today. In fact, I didn’t even want to get out of bed. But I needed some ingredients to make a casserole, and the forecast suggested that it would at least be dry in Stratford … Continued
Last of the day
I went into Stratford this afternoon, for lack of anything better to do, but although it wasn’t actually raining it was cold, and the light was awful. The best thing about my chilly walk along the river was accidentally putting … Continued
Disdainful
While waiting for R in Stratford this afternoon, I wandered down to the river in the hope of photographing a bird or six – but just as I arrived, so did an unforecast rainstorm. Even without the rain it had … Continued