THEATRE: Romantic Comedy (Market Harborough)

Romantic Comedy is a play by Bernard Slade and focusses on two playwrights who meet just as one of them is getting married. Their relationship produces first a failure and then a string of successes. It was quite funny in places, but rather too long. 

MEAL OUT: The Pheasant (Upper Burwardsley)

Much quieter this time, being a weekday lunch time. We both had lovely scampi and took in the views as we steeled ourselves for the long journey home.

SHOPPING: Cheshire Oaks (Chester)

Another five hour marathon shop, including a visit to the newly revamped Lindt shop... which, luckily, had just re-opened after a month of being closed. That was close!

Buckingham Palace (London)

This trip to London was beset with problems, not least of which was the massive engineering disruption to the Circle Line which meant we ended up walking bloody miles. We had pre-booked the Buckingham Palace trip and fortunately it wasn't until afterwards that we realised the problems we would face. The Palace itself was top tier, as you would expect, but for me it didn't quite manage to topple Chatsworth from it's position at the top of the stately home league table. 

After leaving Buckingham Palace we journeyed to Tower Hill to see the ceramic poppies and then, having failed to get a boat to the Millennium Pier, we made our way to Harrods where we spent an enjoyable hour or so, looking at Dali sculptures and expensive chocolates, before rescuing the day somewhat with a lovely ice cream at the Haagen Dasz cafe.