While I look forward to spending next weekend in Majorca with the cheer girls, I thought I'd have a write about the fantastic time I had last weekend.
It began on Friday at one of my good friend's engagement parties. It was a lovely, relaxed night filled with love, laughter and friendship, just like any good engagement party should be! I'm so happy for and proud of both her and her fiance for being in such a place in their lives that they can commit to each other in such a way. I'm sure there's something in the water though, seems like everyone's getting engaged! There've been 6 on my newsfeed in the past month alone! Maybe one day I'll be grown up and stable enough for it, but until then I'm going to scatter about in my life, and watch everyone else enjoy their turns first. With all the negativity in the world, it's fantastically heart warming to see so much love about the place.
Sunday was then my birthday present from Alex's parents: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN at Wembley. I've grown up around the music from the likes of Springsteen so seeing him was a bit of a dream come true.
Getting to our hotel, a Crowne Plaza, from Euston and then onto Wembley wasn't the most simple of journeys, but it was completely and utterly worth it! The Boss put on an absolutely fantastic show, and the open top of Wembley gave the stadium a festival feel, my most favourite of atmospheres when it comes to listening to music. Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties, and the stadium doesn't have the best acoustics, but it really didn't hinder the performance that much. One of the best moments of the concert was definitely when Springsteen pulled a young girl out of the audience after noticing her sign that mentioned she had school the next day. She looked about 8 or 9, but bravely took the opportunity to sing on stage with entirety of the crowd joining in. It was an incredible moment.
On the Tuesday, Alex and I climbed the Wrekin, a hill in Shropshire. It was really lovely to spend a couple of hours in the middle of nothing but nature, getting away like that can be incredibly calming and healing.
Then Wednesday, to round off our time together, Alex and I spent the day at the Black Country Living Museum. It's basically an open air museum that has been created out of buildings right from the Victorian era to give a sense of what towns were like back then. I loved it there. It was really easy to spend a good couple of hours wandering through it, appreciating how times have changed, and in ways how they haven't. One thing I picked up on was how little Victorians had within their houses because they lived outside so much, I think that's a nice sentiment for us to try and bring back.
Peaky Blinders film a fair bit at the museum so of course we had to get 'the shot'. I advise everyone to take a wander out whether you're a fan of history, or Peaky Blinders, or not. Same goes for Wigan Pier, and Beamish in the North East of England.
Hopefully, next weekend on holiday with the girls is as fun and lovely, though in probably very different ways! I shall report back in good time.
It began on Friday at one of my good friend's engagement parties. It was a lovely, relaxed night filled with love, laughter and friendship, just like any good engagement party should be! I'm so happy for and proud of both her and her fiance for being in such a place in their lives that they can commit to each other in such a way. I'm sure there's something in the water though, seems like everyone's getting engaged! There've been 6 on my newsfeed in the past month alone! Maybe one day I'll be grown up and stable enough for it, but until then I'm going to scatter about in my life, and watch everyone else enjoy their turns first. With all the negativity in the world, it's fantastically heart warming to see so much love about the place.
Sunday was then my birthday present from Alex's parents: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN at Wembley. I've grown up around the music from the likes of Springsteen so seeing him was a bit of a dream come true.
On the Tuesday, Alex and I climbed the Wrekin, a hill in Shropshire. It was really lovely to spend a couple of hours in the middle of nothing but nature, getting away like that can be incredibly calming and healing.
Then Wednesday, to round off our time together, Alex and I spent the day at the Black Country Living Museum. It's basically an open air museum that has been created out of buildings right from the Victorian era to give a sense of what towns were like back then. I loved it there. It was really easy to spend a good couple of hours wandering through it, appreciating how times have changed, and in ways how they haven't. One thing I picked up on was how little Victorians had within their houses because they lived outside so much, I think that's a nice sentiment for us to try and bring back.
Hopefully, next weekend on holiday with the girls is as fun and lovely, though in probably very different ways! I shall report back in good time.
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