Where was shaun?

Caz and Alan came to stay this weekend. The girls had a special lined up as it’s Caz’s 50th later this month. the girls headed off to yoga in Rayners yurt, afternoon tea at Marks Hall and a night out watching Gladness, a Madness tribute band at the Empire. Meanwhile Al and I sat in the garden and then walked to the Kings Head for a burger and a few pints. It was a right good night!

Sunday, the girls went for a walk in Colchester tracing their roots into Greenstead and me and Al went for a bike ride, we went to a cafe at Brent Eleigh but it closed at 1 so we headed over to Lavenham for a sandwich and a huge slice of cake. 😋

Chris and Derek came for lunch yesterday and we headed upto Chalkney Wood to see the bluebells. The weather was lovely and we were able to sit in the garden for the afternoon. K cooked a lovely chicken dinner. For dessert we had a Viennetta which was one of my mums favourite desserts, I must be the only person in the world to get misty eyed over a Viennetta!

I cycled to Hadleigh today to see the pension man. Just a perfect day for cycling, the weather was beautiful. I was starving on the way back so I stopped at Sulu coffee in Boxford for a wee snack. I also bought some bread from a Norwegian bakery who had a stall outside the pub. Very nice!

We’ve watched two Dylan O’Brien films recently and both of them are really good.

Send Help is a horror thriller, directed by Sam Raimi, and also stars Rachel McAdams. Really entertaining with some laugh out loud moments along the way. 9/10

Twinless written, directed and also starring James Sweeney.

The death of Rocky has left a hole in the lives of those he left behind, his brother Roman joins a support group for those who have suffered the death of their twin.

There he meets Dennis who is all the many things that Roman isn’t: smart, cultured and gay. They become close but the story suddenly shifts and we realise that things are not at all that they seem.

This is such a smart film, really well directed with a fantastic performance by Dylan O’Brien who when he plays his twin brother completely transforms himself into a charming, gay and arrogant character.

10/10

A right busy day really, up early to get whacker to complete small garden path for bin storage and once the path was whacked, K and and I did a quick bike ride up to Greenstead Green via Marks Hall for lunch at the cafe. I had a very nice bacon and Brie sandwich and then it was home as I had a collection in the afternoon.