Mikron

It must be Autumn and therefore Mikron time. First time at Bishampton village hall to see one of their best plays yet about the Luddites. If you haven’t seen the talented people from Mikron yet its worth making a special effort. Nothing nicer than an evening at a canal side pub, real ale and real theatre. Those miserly people at the Arts Council withdrew their funding last year, part of the gvt cuts, so Mikron now has to be self funding. It’s important to keep this part of our heritage alive and ensure live theatre gets to those places other theatre companies fail to venture.

Roaring 20’s

August Bank arrives again so Rascal got another outing to Tara. Amidst the frequent downpours there were some opportunities to recline outdoors whilst the sun loungers sank slowly into the ground :(

Great time spent at the ‘Speakeasy’ at a 20’s theme night.

Swans of Wells

Some of you might have read about, or even visited, the famous painted pigs of Bath. The tiny City of Wells, with its majestic Cathedral, has struck back with painted swans. They were dotted around town and scattered around the bishops palace grounds.

Bournmouth and Studland

Picked the only two good days of summer to have a long weekend on the south coast. Sunbathing, swimming in the sea and balmy nights spent in a beer garden – just like summers used to be!

The amazing Bournemouth entry to the RHS show at Hampton Court was being painstakingly recreated in the sunken garden outside the Pavilion.