Scattered Strawberry Summer: May 2015

South Downs Way

Today we went for a walk on the South Downs. I want to do this regularly as part of my prep to climb Ben Nevis this September. We walked around 12km. The weather was quite moody, and as expected it was rather windy. The sunshine was lovely and I'm now sporting a red nose.

We planned to have lunch at the Beachy Head pub, however, we were warned it would take at least an hour for the food to arrive, so we decided to walk some more instead.

I'm so glad the we have the warmest months ahead of us and hopefully I will be spending a lot of time outside.

Saturday, May 30, 2015
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Dara O'Brian- Crowd Tickler- a very short review

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It's hardly a secret that I love British stand up comedy. I try not to miss any comedians that come to my town. Last week I had a chance to see Dara O'Brian's Crowd Tickler. I was really hoping for some good belly laughs.

The ticket cost £24.00 which is I think pretty good value and not surprisingly the place was packed. In the first part Dara spent a lot of time on audience engagement, I rarely find them very entertaining, I'm afraid so I found myself a bit bored during it. There were some funny dance moves and a lot of fast talking. Second part of the show was stronger but I cannot say I had many belly laughs, maybe a few tickles. Over all: a bit meh. Maybe his comedy just don't work for me?

Monday, May 11, 2015
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Sherlocked- the convention

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Hello peeps!

Last week I went to Sherlocked, the very first Sherlock convention. It was in Excel exhibition centre in London. I've never been there before, it's enormous!!

It was not particularly nice venue though,

I did not get to see Mr Cumberbatch. Tickets to his talk was sold out and I wouldn't buy the premium packages, they were such a rip off.

I got to see: Mrs Hudson, Molly Hooper, Anderson, Magnussen and the boy who played Sherlock when he was little.I bought a load of goodies, I might take some pictures later.

Over all, I do not regret going but I though it was definitely a money grabbing event.

Wednesday, May 06, 2015
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Lewes

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I dragged my boyfriend to Lewes last weekend. It's only 20 minutes form where we live but he has never been here before. The weather was ok only, but it didn't ruin our day. I did forget my memory card so I had to take pictures on my phone -sorry for potato quality. I have lost my Lumia 930 that has a pretty good camera (hopefully getting back soon) so that wasn't an option either.

I love Southover Grange Park in Lewes. It's not particularly big but it's beautiful. It's gorgeous right now with all the flowers and trees blooming. There is also a gallery and a teashop there. Being able to have a cup of tea sitting on the grass in such a beautiful place score highly in my books.

Yes, I found Benedict's face in one of the shops window. Too bad it was closed, the other time I visited they had a life size cut out of Benedict. We explored antiques market, many lovely old things were but a tad expensive.

At the end of the day we ended up in Priory's park, I think it would be lovely to have lunch there on the hill, over looking the cricket fields, the park and the downs in the distance. I hope summer will come soon.