It is the middle of October and the bees in the healthy hive remain active. Lots of ins and outs. It is warm and there are still flowers bout there to collect pollen and nectar.
I am however trying to to fight the frelons😬.
A bit more South Downs
A visit to east Hampshire and the opportunity to walk parts of the walk we have not done so far.
However mistake made as we have walked from Cocking to Buriton before. This was only evident when we arrived in Buriton to walk from west to east and recognised the village. Shaz found a photograph of me at the pond from September 2020.
As we arrived the church bells were ringing. A lovely sound:
And the church:
When we did find the correct track it was well work the effort.
Saturday walking eastwards was harder. More hilly especially going to Butser Hill but great views. The flint paths are tough on the feet and the blisters returned.
Tosca
A trip to Covent Garden last night .
We have seen this before in Wellington but I did not remember the details. The ending is rememberable as Tosca commits suicide-last night by jumping through a window and for the Wellington performance by jumping off a wall.
I was up in the gods so the warmth became an issue. I enjoyed it, it became better as it progressed and I enjoyed the ‘hits’. The story was stronger and clearer than in some other operas and so easier to follow.
I have been listening to the music again today along with a few other operatic classics.
The Importance of Being Ernest
We went to this at the weekend and the effort to note it has come from reading a review in the FT.
A positive review and we certainly enjoyed it. I have seen it at least once before-many moons ago in Cannizzaro park as part of the outdoor theatre festival.
Stephen Fry makes a dominant impact and yes the performance of Merriman is very ‘Mrs Overalls’ and ‘soup…..’- great.
Well worth seeing the classic play done with a sting nod to gay life and identity.
New Zealand at the Somme
Final day to Berwick
A change of conditions
Walking signs
Walking Bedford to Cheswick
A hard day that started in the rain and was due to be 22 km but became about 30km.
We missed the correct turn at St Cuthbet’s cave which lead to a few extra k and then the accommodation was a bit further away from the path than expected.
So tired feet and bigger blisters.
Definitely a stretch to see great mushrooms.
The early stretch inland was not so good but as we moved back to the coast after Fenwich things looked up. But trouble sourcing food was an issue. A late coffee and cake at Goswick golf club.
We arrived late at the b n b but the beer and sausage sandwich worked well.
