We went to the theatre the other week to see Avenue Q. A puppet show with a difference…nude puppetry and plenty of innuendos.

So we were all fired up to go see something else and picked – Vampires Rock – Ghost Train. It was to be a mix of rocking rock tunes and vampiric action (whatever that is).

We had no idea what to expect! Oh boy. A singing bald Yorkshire man pretending to be a Transylvanian vampire with leather basque wearing female singers.

Hmm. If this was supposed to be a family show then it failed. The night was actually quite fun, eighties rock songs and acting so awful it was hilarious. Throw in a mix of swearing, forgotten lines and the best bit of all – an aerobic act by one of the backing singers who performed acrobatics using two suspended red fabric lengths.

All told an interesting night. At least I knew all the words to the songs – Meatloaf, Van Halen, Whitesnake etc etc.

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Must be October. The apple tree at the front is weighed down with fruit this year and it’s a bumper crop of eaters.

I’ve harvested a load already with plenty left yet to ripen. What do with all the ones with blemishes in them?

Why, stew down and make pie of course. Let’s hope my cooking skills are up to apple pie and upside down cake.

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