WHEE!

[hils]

Well, I don't know what Google was on but they claimed it would take me an hour to walk from my hotel to the theatre. It takes 15 minutes. Less than that just to get into town.

Had a little wander around this evening and just about exploded from squee.

When I first arrived in Stratford I was a little disappointed that the first things I saw were a Morrisons and a construction site. Really, not what I was expecting

The town centre, though, is EXACTLY what I was expecting. Lots of old buildings, a pretty river, it's perfect. I'm going to be a total tourist tomorrow and go to all the Shakespeare places. I accidentally found the foundations of a house it is believed Shakespears father owned, just by wandering to the theatre. LOL!

I hope the weather is good tomorrow. I've already taken a couple of photos

I would really love to find time to do some writing tomorrow. It just feels like something I should do while I'm here.

*is excited*

Comments

[hils.livejournal.com]

If I don't get time to see everything tomorrow I'm definitely coming back

[notsowise-sage.livejournal.com]

I bet everything looks fantastic.

I'd love to sit down by the river and write poetry - maybe even push the boat out and go for some sonnets. That would be fantastic.

Of course there's more than just Shakespeare, there's the Austen connections too.

I wished I'd booked to stay the night in Stratford after the sales conference ended. Ah well.

[hils.livejournal.com]

There's Austen connections? Bzuh? I thought she was from further down south. I've visited the place where she's buried and the house where she died.

[notsowise-sage.livejournal.com]

She was born, and lived in the South - however her family is from Stratford Upon Avon, and she spent time at Stoneleigh Abbey when her second cousion inherited the estate. A lot of the details in her books come from that house, and her family.

Apparently it's magnificent to go in, it's pretty much remained unchanged two hundred years.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Sadly it's a bit out of the way. If only I had a car :(

[notsowise-sage.livejournal.com]

Aye - maybe next time you go, you'll have a car, or could rent one :)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, have to wait a year before I'm allowed to rent a car :(

[notsowise-sage.livejournal.com]

That sucketh dearly. I really need to get my arse in gear and sort out my CBT, and theory test - then I can ride my way round.

Seems like an awesome idea to get a big road hog bike, and just power down the motor ways, and on to b-roads, then coast it through places like Stratford seeing the sites.

What I'll actually be doing is getting a tiny bike, and not going anywhere to start with (not allowed on motorways with just a CBT).

[hils.livejournal.com]

You're braver than me. You'd have to pay me to ride a bike, especially on the motorways. It's scary enough in a car

[gillo]

It's gorgeous, though you can't see round all of it. I went there with a school party - I live very close by - a couple of years ago.