I meant to write a blog post earlier in the week to say what a lovely time Babel and I had on Saturday. I have to admit that I was slightly apprehensive about the day, because we were scheduled to meet up with some old friends of mine from uni, who I hadn’t set eyes on since we all graduated together nearly four years ago. It was a bit of a strange situation, as last time I saw them I was obviously still with my ex who was also a good friend of theirs. Also because having not seem them for so long, I wasn’t sure I had a lot to say to them. But we went to our local Harvester which also happens to be their local Harvester, and managed to get through the two hours it took us to get served a main course and pudding without too many awkward silences. Thank you to Babel for coming with me (more…)

I was struggling for ideas as to what to do this weekend, as every single forecast I had seen informed me that I was going to be subjected to two whole days of relentless, torrential rain. Well, that’s the last time I ever trust a BBC weather forecast again. Saturday was a reasonable day and Sunday was a lovely day, so Babel and I could actually have done something much more exciting than we actually did, but notwithstanding the lies of the Met Office, we did manage to have rather a pleasant afternoon in Stratford-upon-Avon. (more…)