Evening all I'm late but let's not worry about that.
Saturday we booked to go to Stratford to the RSC to see A Midsummer Night's Dream, we hadn't booked earlier as we couldn't guarantee the weather.
We managed to get two cancelled tickets for the matinee performance on the front row.
It was amazing, this was the ceiling which they lit up at different parts of the play to emulate the fairies.
This was the bare stage and our view.
This was a better view you could see from this how close we were.
Hubby during the interval
The play was superb, having seen the Bridge Theatre version on NT Live, I thought the play was 'spoilt' forever because I didn't think it could get any better, thankfully I was wrong.
We booked for a meal at Zizzi's in the evening and then we wandered back over to the RSC theatre to the shop, hubby had fallen in love with a couple of t-shirts and was feeling really guilty that I hadn't got anything, so assisted in me looking for something, I found a book with Shakespeare's Sonnets which I've never read.
Back at the hotel I really enjoyed reading the Sonnets and realised there was a pattern, so went off to find out the detail of how to create, needless to say I'm now on Sonnet number 5.
Sonnet 1 is named Stratford which is below but please feel free to skip if you don't fancy it.
A play we did seek from our place of rest
We travelled nigh on three hours along a road
Did park up fighting through a heavy test
Envisioned spot did rise near our abode
A walk along the rivers path by boats
The looming edifice grows closer now
Through doors marshalled by those in fleecy coats
A cafe full of weary peeps allow
Clear table and a queue did beckon me
My love sat waiting with a cheery brow
Returnneth me with tea and cakes with fee
We sit awhile a smile upon our face
Once more we sit in our favourite place
Sunday we travelled back up home but genuinely got stuck due to flooded roads, we ended up heading into Birmingham which genuinely stressed me out, thankfully hubby was level headed and we just plodded home.
The rest of the week tripped along and then on Thursday we had a follow up hospital for hubby. The biopsy has come back inconclusive which means that there is likely to be an operation in the near future, not the best of news but fingers crossed once the thyroid nodule is removed and tested no further treatment is needed, please offer up some prayers and thoughts on that front.
We got home, did the silly thing of googling things (very silly) and decided to head for a meal at the local pub to get out of our home space. We enjoyed a main meal and shared this deconstructed apple pie dessert which was mighty different. Hot custard, hot crust, cold poached apple in cinnamon, and mango sorbet, it really was quite different.
I hope you've had a good week.
Hugs
