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| Camille O'Sullivan |
The Norfolk and Norwich Festival was in full swing last week. We went to see a cabaret artist at the Spiegeltent. Her name is Camille O'Sullivan and if you ever get the chance, go. She has a great voice, is funny and great entertainment. Afterwards we met friends in the beer tent...
I volunteered twice at the library last week, helping people with whatever they are trying to do on the computer. When I see people of all ages struggling to achieve simple tasks it makes me very glad we started with computers so long ago! There was an interesting item on the radio this week about what a boon the internet and skype are to the elderly. One woman was talking about how it opened the world to her and another said it reinforces loneliness. What old people want is people for company. She was furious that the government had suggested spending a great deal of money on teaching the elderly to use computers (in the expectation of saving money on services) rather than other more 'social' services.
Cinema Club last Thursday. We saw The Two Faces of January to a mixed response...from excellent to terrible. I thought it was pretty gripping. Great acting and scenery (Greece and Crete). We had a meal in the restaurant at the cinema, The Dining Rooms...but not before we had re-organised the seating arrangements! They had sat 9 of us on an L shape so we moved the tables around. Fortunately we weren't on top of other people! We love our local cinema!
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| Cinema City |
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| The cellist |
On Friday I went for a walk with Monica and we discovered a new area near Whitlingham Broad. We were planning to take the path round the broad, but this was much more interesting...a path with steps up and down through woods and around an overgrown quarry. We also discovered a children's jungle gym in the woods, so we'll be taking the children there. In the evening we went to another concert. This time something completely different. An Armenian cellist and a Kazakh pianist. They were excellent. We met friends in the bar...again!
Another discovery on Saturday. Peter and I paid a long overdue visit to the Bridewell Museum in Norwich which re-opened months ago after a complete refit and re-design. We could have spend hours there. There are lots of wigs and hats for children to wear, shoes to totter about in and drawers to open everywhere. A good rainy day destination for the grandchildren too!
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| Last supper with Lucila |
On Sunday we put Lucila on the bus to Heathrow. Our Chilean friend has used our house as a base for her 6 week stay in the UK. She packed so much in and saw so many old friends I'm sure she has a host of memories to last her until the next time.
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| Bridewell Museum |
In the evening we to went to a birthday BBQ for Miriam hosted by her neighbours in the garden they all share hidden away between buildings behind their houses. It was a very sociable party and we met many new people, as well as old friends...and consumed a lot of sausages and lamb and wine!
Monday was a holiday and Peter and I repeated the walk from Ringstead to Hunstanton that I had done with the girls earlier. It was a beautiful day, perfect for walking. We took the coastal path along the dunes for part of the way and it was hard work on the legs walking on sand, but we enjoyed the views of the sky, the sea and the beach. We were so stiff by the time we got home that we actually got the car out to go to the cinema down the road...an unheard of thing for us to do. We saw Fading Gigolo - an absolute scream! And so ended the week!
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