Today marks a celebration of one of my favourite things - Books. We’ve just spent a rather literary few days away, visiting the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studios in Watford, and the Roald Dahl museum in Great Missenden. Our eldest daughter was lost in wonderment at the magic of Harry Potters world, brought to life before our very eyes. I have to be honest and admit it was pretty magical for us too.
The Roald Dahl museum, by contrast was tiny, but charming in its own way. Perhaps more for me than the children as one of them is a bit young for Roalds books and one has somehow passed them by without noticing them . For me, it was a wonderfully nostalgic way to spend an hour or so, reliving the books of my youth, written by a fellow Welshman, and the youngest daughter has gone into school today as Matilda, complete with lizard to pop into Miss Trunchbull’s drink!
Our day trip into London while we were there reminded me what a bunch of country bumpkins we must be. So many sirens, so many cars, so many people, and I didnt know any of them!
The busy life of the towns and cities is a great novelty to us in the country, and its nice to go and have tea with the Queen occasionally, but I am soon ready to get back here to our quiet corner of Wales, where everyone says hello to you, even if they don’t know you. As I sit here writing this, I am appreciating the peace and quiet of the countryside, and thinking what a wonderful place this would be to write a novel. Maybe I should try!
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