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Severndroog Castle

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This is the start of three Meetup days in a row. Today, I was back with London Museums A-Z (LoMAZ) for an event (kind of) related to our Dracula activities, this being as they say, the closest castle in a wood that they can get to London! Trouble with Southern Trains , apparently, but Thameslink is quicker for me anyway.  Got myself up, took a bus to the station because one was imminent. Got there a good while before my Thameslink was due - and saw an earlier train I could take, so decided to do that. Southern, it turned out to be, and took me quite safely to Woolwich Arsenal . Where Google Maps sent me in the wrong direction, as usual. But I duly found my bus , found my way to   Oxleas Wood Cafe (if you go down to the woods today..). Now, the bus had done a lot of climbing to get me to the area.. and sure enough, the cafe has a spectacular view: And it didn't occur to me at the time, but wow, what a lovely day we had for it. Anyway, I seemed to be first there, so had...
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Comedy: The Dirty Thirty

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Tonight , I'm with TAC for The Dirty Thirty - Best of 2026! in which they contract 30 plays into one hour. Showing at the Rosemary Branch Theatre . I've seen this show before , it was good. Well, I had a lovely, late day.. which then turned into one of those days. A new flatmate moved in, with lots of clattering and banging.. Anyway, I decided to try and eat in the pub above which the play happens. So, I took a bus to London Bridge - and lo, just before that, who should get off but a wedding party! First from upstairs came, I guess, the flower girl, in a fluffy little white and pink cape, swiftly followed by the bride, in a long white dress. Very cost-effective travel, I must say - and as the guy beside me remarked, it's nice to see romance isn't dead.. Half an hour's wait for my second bus - now Google Maps told me I had a choice of the #21 or the #141 , which would travel the same route. Yeah.. not quite - they also said I'd be dropped up Baring Street, w...
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Film: Other Mommy

Tonight, back with The Hideout for Other Mommy , in which the mother of the family gets impersonated by something altogether more sinister! Jessica Chastain plays both the mommy, and her substitute.. playing in the Vue Leicester Square , we were meeting in Victory House beforehand, and I booked to eat in Bella Italia before that. And Bella Italia have a 30% offer off food, running to the 18th, every day except Saturday. One of the attendees remarked how late it was, but of course that suits me ideally, giving me plenty of time to organise myself. Somehow, the bus - despite arriving on time - still conspired to make me late. So I rocked up about 10 minutes late to the restaurant - no problem, got a table. She did ask whether anyone would be joining me this evening, but no, not one of those evenings. She anticipated my order, and kept an eye on me, delivering my main just as I finished my starter.. I pretty much managed to finish it all, but woah, was way too stuffed for dessert. Go...
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