Visit to Landan

Covent Garden, Marks and Spencers and the West End to see Blood Brothers at the Pheonix.

Praised by everyone in Ipswich and a must see by Katharine and Warren - we had to see it. What did you think of it? Clearly our generation and because we are back in England on an extended visit very interesting to watch the context. As a musical it was a musical drama with little dancing, lots of dialogue and a narrator. So it was quite different from many musicals I have seen. The kids scenes were exactly the baby boomers -cowboys and indians riding imaginary horses and the mention of Marylyn Monroe of course. Demolition of terraced houses then unemployment was a recognizeable progression, though the narrator's wrap up about the English class system did't hold for me. It was a great show, gripping all the way through, and the mother was brilliant, Kerry cried of course. I might have, but I could not accept that giving your baby away at birth is destined to end in disaster.

A blustery day in Landan, the final day at Lords against the West Indies was abandoned. Pete's shorts, de riguer for the West End theatre, and my sun glasses were clearly mis-judged. The purchase of a Marks and Spencer airtex vest and combat trouser's provided redemption for the men. A de-tour into Selfridges was also mis-judged by these perceptive sensitive males. It didn't raise a flicker of interest from the fe-male cortege. The engraving read "He did his best"