On Friday morning we set off for Farrringdon Station and took the train to Bedford. Armed with a map we walked through the shopping area in order to reach the Higgins Museum. This area of Bedford has not much to recommend it. Rather scruffy shops and hard pressed looking people. We saw an intriguing sign in a shop window advertising 'remix chicken'. We haven't worked out what that might be but we won't be buying any.
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| Note the item "Remix Chicken" |
The Higgins family owned the large brewery and house next door which have now been turned into a museum and art gallery. A wonderful space filled with interesting exhibitions (all free) and a very pleasant courtyard and cafe. We started with coffee then looked at an exhibition charting the influence of the impressionists and post-impressionists on British artists, saw a special exhibition of the work of graphic artist Edward Bawden and the history of Bedford - and much more. We had lunch in the cafe and sat next to a table full of colleagues throwing a leaving party! Cheerful and noisy.
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| The wonderful roof at St. Pancras Station |
We took the train back and I hopped on a bus from St. Pancras to Stoke Newington and got to work again on the curtains while Tania made supper - roast chicken and three kinds of salad from the Ottolenghi Jerusalem book. All delicious! At last the curtains went up! We were all pleased and relieved!
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| Yum! |
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| Tania looking pleased! |
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| Can't believe we did it! |
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