Cream Teas, Ghosts and the Locomotion - May Round up

Well what a month this has been - the word hectic doesn't even begin to cover it! This is probably partly to do with the fact that we had two bank holidays this month (how spoilt are we?) and usually this means you get to rest - but apparently there is no rest for the wicked!
Bank holiday numero uno was spent in Bedfordshire (don't worry I had no idea it existed either) and it was the perfect amount of relaxing and exploring over the long weekend.The first thing that I got treated to was a surprise cream tea by the boyfriend, as any of you who know me know that I have a weakness for scones with jam and cream - I just cant say no!

It was in a really cute little cafe that you wouldn't ever go to unless you knew that it was there as its on a small residential road which is easily missable. However, once you have been there once, I'm certain you will be back for seconds.

The Culture Bit..

Now as per usual, old buildings were involved. Got to love an old building or two hey? This time it was somewhere called Wimpole Hall, not a place I had ever heard of before, but cool all the same. It's a national trust building, which immediately means that there is going to be an interesting bit of history here or there, and it didn't disappoint.

I feel like I should make a confession here though - the bit I enjoyed the most had very little to do with the house itself, instead I was fascinated by an exhibition of WW1 propaganda cartoons they had on one of the top floors, it was combined with some very sad stories of people who lived and died in the war and was definitely worth seeing. Oh and it had a farm - which meant lambs!

The Theatre Bit

So I think that it may have been blindingly obvious over the past few months that I live and breath for the theatre and quite literally a month does not go by when I don't find myself prancing around the Westend getting overly excited at the prospect of a new play or musical. And this month was no different.

The Woman In Black

We've all seen the film right? Have a vague idea of what its about? Well my fascination with this story came about 7 years ago when I stumbled across the book in a dusty old book store, and it quite literally terrified me. since then no one has seemed to be able to get it right, the film with Daniel Radcliffe a disaster - and they changed the ending! #nothappy! And the theatre production gets an OK from me. The actors were incredible, the set was fantastic - but I am not sure it was as scary as it could have been - jumpy yes, scary - eh not so much.

Carole King - Beautiful

It is very rare that I see something in the theater which makes me laugh, smile, sing along and cry all at the same time, and its rarer still when I don't know what to expect. I knew who Carole King was of course, but I had no idea she wrote so many songs - including the all time favorite - The Locomotion! It was quite honestly fantastic, I cant really fault it - the singing was brilliant, the acting incredible, the story well written and beautifully portrayed. If you only go and see one musical this year - this should be it!

I can't quite believe that its June already! What is going on? Where is the year going? I had a mini freak out earlier this month when I realised that I'm 25 in 10 months!! So I have 10 months to do everything on my list which I had put aside for the last 6 years, naively thinking - meh being 25 is ages away!! So over the next 10 months be prepared to read some interesting things from me as I work my way through this list and try to complete as many fateful things as possible before March 2016!!

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