Jess discovers the north (again)

After what seems like for ever this was my final week of the holidays (it seems to have flown by). Much of the week was spent doing errands ready to head back to Cardiff, whilst also trying show Jess parts of the 'north'.

Tuesday was a trip to Gladstone Pottery Museum, somewhere I've not been for years, but nothing had changed. As ever we spent a good part of the visit painting, both a hedgehog and a tortoise (ceramic ones I hasten to add).

Much of the rest of the week was various errands as I say. However these did including baking (not as successful as usual) but more importantly a trip to the Royal Exchange, for what felt like the first time in ages. This week's show was 'Our Town'. I went with no clue what it was bar the title and that one of our third year actors from last year was in it. The show was semi-staged in that it was done as though we were watching a rehearsal which was something I'd not seen for a while and worked. The story itself was about the town not the people so at various stages we jumped ahead in time or backwards creating a varied linking narrative.

Despite a quiet week come Saturday Jess and I wandered off to London. We started with a quick trip to a signing event, meeting amongst others an incredible stuntman called Rocky Taylor who seems to have done just about everything (I mean everything!). We then had a wander across to Trafalgar Square, saw the daisies in the National Gallery and a general wander, before heading back (both rather tired), via the Harry Potter shop.

Sunday was the inevitable drive back down to Cardiff ready for another busy term.