Woke around 0330...neck pain and headache. Took ages to get back to sleep. Aki had a fitful night of it too. Got up at 0830 and showered, then descended to make tea. Brought porridge up to my room for breakfast. Weather looking better than expected, so drove up the Leek Road to Rudyard Lake, famed as the site of Mr & Mrs Kiplings' honeymoon, from whence young Rudyard got his name.
Headed into Leek to hook up with Andy Billington, and Rachel...Andy had been stage manager on the original 1989 production of Good Golly, where he had met Rachel, who was a Box Office trainee. We met them for lunch at The Spout. Had a good catch-up. The woman who manned the till turned out to have seen the original 1989 production, as well as the 1991 and 1993 iterations! Bade our farewells, and had a little mooch about the small town centre.
Weather still holding so drove up the A53 to venture up onto Hen Cloud. Very busy! Made the summit and enjoyed the views in the sunshine, then trooped back down hill to the car. Checked in at the nearby Three Horseshoes Inn. It's a spa, and wedding venue. The bath in our room had water jets, so we took turns in the bath...got myself a bit of a massage! Had dinner in the dining room...Aki had sea bass, and I enjoyed a thick pork chop.
Repaired to the pub afterward and played darts...been a long time...it took an age to get down from 501, and neither of us could hit a double, so we both ended up stranded on double one...gave up, exhausted and fell into bed...
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