Sunday and Monday 27 & 28 July 2025

Morning coffee down the high street is average but most of the shops are open and a few people about. This is actually Addiscombe – apart of Croydon that is much less Middle Eastern than other parts but not particularly British either. Well, perhaps it is now.

Lady P takes Bruno for a long walk, as we are going to the theatre tonight and will be home late. Meanwhile, Flashy cooks up some beef and Guinness sausage and egg for lunch and strolls up to the Ale and Claret for a pint.

She is off to see a musical with Laura Jane, Charlotte and a couple of others, in which Sebastian is the principal dancer - Little Dancer is a new musical based on the story of Marie van Goethem, the girl who posed for impressionist Edgar Degas and became the heart of one of the most celebrated sculptures in history. A bronze copy of Degas’ wax model of the Little Dancer was tucked under the stairs of Sir Max Raine’s house, where Lady P’s fellow Karitane nurse Linley was nanny back in the day. Flashy on the other hand thought the play, A Comedy About Spies, at the nearby Noel Coward Theatre, would be more up his alley. He and Alyssa had a ball at this slapstick/panto type of comedy. So too did the audience who hooted and hollered and ah’d and sighed at the appropriate moment.

Prior to the theatre, we all met up at JO- Jamie Oliver's restaurant in the theatre district. A magnificent set course of excellent small dishes and a Piquepoul and Rose to wash it all down.

Monday was a recovery day with a little shopping and a haircut for Flashy. The Iraqi barber knew his stuff, with the cut throat razor and man perfume at the end. Plus, he was £6 cheaper than the other six barbers dotting the high street.

Gin and tonic in the Croydon back yard with Bruno.
Looking at the back of the house.
Splitting the "G" again.
Guess what country we are in now!
Jamie Oliver's 'JO' restaurant next to the Royal Drury Lane Theatre.


Comments

  1. Graeme29 July 2025 at 22:23

    Good old Pommy fry up, can't go wrong. Bruno looks a bit on the skinny side, haven't you been feeding him?

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  2. Roger31 July 2025 at 04:01

    They weigh his food. He's such a Labrador though!

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