With the pantomime out of the way, it may be thought that I would have a quiet week. But last Monday evening I went and helped take the set down from the panto. It took two hours but it was very hard work, I took most of the panels down and had to put back up 7 stage curtains… these are heavy curtains, up a ladder to hook them on. I was shattered. Wednesday evening I went to a meeting of the players, where we did a read through of ‘Habeas Corpus’ an Alan Bennett farce. Auditions tomorrow night, production in May.

Of course the week was a very wet and windy one. It feels like it has rained every day for about six months. Many parts of the countries are flooded, so I shouldn’t really complain, a lot of people are in a far worse state. The rain was torrential last week. Combined with the gale force winds on Friday and Saturday, it has been a week for locking everything up and hiding inside.

On Tuesday evening Tricia went off to pick up Ellie from school, she is doing a schools dance competition called ‘Rock Challenge’ and had been rehearsing. Unfortunately Tricia’s car conked out half way there – the AA turned up 90 minutes later and managed to get it started, but we think that it is because the car had got damp. We do have a cover for the car, but keeping it on in this weather is a challenge. So, on Thursday the car was covered and we had all sorts of connections to keep it on… but Friday evening the winds removed it…. and also took down four fence panels overnight.

On Friday evening Tricia and Ellie and me had made it to Milton Keynes Theatre, where we watched ‘Wicked’, which was very good. When we came out the theatre at around 10:30pm it was like walking into armageddon. Lots of concentration was required driving on the way back.

Robbie was not to be deterred yesterday, he went off to Coventry with some friends to see an exhibition… a gun exhibition, they all went to look at the airsoft guns. Today he has gone off with them all for a day doing airsoft. He will come back shattered. A quiet day for Tricia and me yesterday, and likewise today. Tricia, Ellie and myself went to church this morning, where we were doing family prayers. The sun was shining, and it was still…. absolutely lovely. A little tease that spring is on the way. I cooked the Sunday roast (nice piece of beef) and Tricia sat in the garden, even did a bit of weeding. Next week is half term for Ellie.

Recently I put together my first ‘photobook’, covering 2013, using my blog and loads of photo’s. It turned up yesterday, and I have to say I am very pleased with the result. I shall start doing 2012 during the week.

Some photo’s from the week…. Tricia and Ellie at the theatre, then the fence panels down on Saturday morning, and Saturday afternoon Tricia and Ellie with a coffee cake Ellie had made… very nice it was as well.

And some pictures from today… Tricia in the garden with the cats.