It being half-term, we had planned a little trip to our cottage in Cumbria, but it was not to be. We watched as the news featured overturned high-sided vehicles being towed off the stretch of road we would have to use. We regrouped, deciding instead to have an extra day in Stratford, then return home. As luck would have it, the weather then took a turn for the better, at least where we were.
We had a wonderful day at Compton Verney, newly reopened after the winter closure. All across the lawns, sculpture by Henry Moore and Rodin was on display. We were told that a falling tree branch had narrowly missed a "Seated Figure", which had had to be moved.
This gallery makes you think. All those years my mother filled in her football pools, and posted them off, presumably with a postal order. She showed no interest in other forms of gambling, not even the Grand National, but the pools were a weekly ritual. What would she have made of Compton Verney, founded by one of the Moores family, presumably with money from those postal orders? Would she have thought it money well spent? It's certainly a very civilised place to have lunch.
We usually stay in a very homely Bed and Breakfast, but we thought we would have supper in the very nice Alveston Manor Hotel, at the end of the same road. I found myself rendered speechless, or as my husband said, sounding like Alan Bennett's mother, by the menu item: Pot of tea for two people: £8.00. Surely that's not just me?
I plod on with my Celtic throw. These are strips six and seven, out of nine to do. How did I reverse the spiral? Well, it is a charted design, printed on white paper. If you hold it up to the light, the pattern for the reverse spiral is revealed. These two will not be side by side in the finished item, so the different dye lot will not matter.
On Tuesday, we were off again, this time to Norwich, to the Sainsbury Centre. We remembered visiting the gallery many years ago when my husband was doing some teaching at UEA. This time we caught the end of an exhibition of Masterpieces of East Anglian art. My goodness, what a broad range of items had been recruited under this heading: a Roman head of Claudius, photographs of Norfolk fishermen, objects by Faberge, the designs for UEA itself.... hmmm.
But Norwich itself never fails - so many interesting doorways... and tea in the Cathedral Refectory: Pot of tea for two: £1.75.
We had a wonderful day at Compton Verney, newly reopened after the winter closure. All across the lawns, sculpture by Henry Moore and Rodin was on display. We were told that a falling tree branch had narrowly missed a "Seated Figure", which had had to be moved.
This gallery makes you think. All those years my mother filled in her football pools, and posted them off, presumably with a postal order. She showed no interest in other forms of gambling, not even the Grand National, but the pools were a weekly ritual. What would she have made of Compton Verney, founded by one of the Moores family, presumably with money from those postal orders? Would she have thought it money well spent? It's certainly a very civilised place to have lunch.
We usually stay in a very homely Bed and Breakfast, but we thought we would have supper in the very nice Alveston Manor Hotel, at the end of the same road. I found myself rendered speechless, or as my husband said, sounding like Alan Bennett's mother, by the menu item: Pot of tea for two people: £8.00. Surely that's not just me?
I plod on with my Celtic throw. These are strips six and seven, out of nine to do. How did I reverse the spiral? Well, it is a charted design, printed on white paper. If you hold it up to the light, the pattern for the reverse spiral is revealed. These two will not be side by side in the finished item, so the different dye lot will not matter.
On Tuesday, we were off again, this time to Norwich, to the Sainsbury Centre. We remembered visiting the gallery many years ago when my husband was doing some teaching at UEA. This time we caught the end of an exhibition of Masterpieces of East Anglian art. My goodness, what a broad range of items had been recruited under this heading: a Roman head of Claudius, photographs of Norfolk fishermen, objects by Faberge, the designs for UEA itself.... hmmm.
But Norwich itself never fails - so many interesting doorways... and tea in the Cathedral Refectory: Pot of tea for two: £1.75.
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1 comment:
I'd have been delighted to splurge on the Alveston Manor's pot of tea myself , just to hear your impersonation of Alan Bennett's mother !
Meanwhile , you're making wonderful progress with the Celtic throw . Looking forward to seeing it in all its glory ...
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