June 11 - Hawkshead & Rough Theatre

 

Today was a rainy day most of the day. But, we've been lucky other days with spotty rain, so... no complaints.

  We went to Hawkshead for breakfast and had a very good breakfast at Red Poppi.

We  visited Mrs. Tiggywinkle's bookshop associated with Beatrix Potter. We all enjoyed a visit to The Barn, a gift store where the hospitable owner stocked local items. We bought cards and a little gift for Cam; Jecca bought a pair of earrings.

    Jecca and Barbara dropped Mark home and went to Grasmere where we stopped at the store called Gather and Jec bought a beautiful cowl scarf. Then, we drove back to Hawkshead to a quirky bar where she bought a tote bag for a good friend who is very into rescue cats. The bar is home to a lot of rescue cats. It had two rooms, the second of which was full of cats and cat baskets. It is closed several days of the week in order to give the cats a rest from clientele. Very quirky!

     Then we all had a quiet afternoon before heading to Grasmere for dinner and the theater. We ate at Tweedies, an old pub and inn. Then, we went to the Grasmere Players' production of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None." It was rough theatre, for sure and we contemplated leaving at intermission. There were missed lines and it dragged at times. The costumes, especially for two young men, were terribly unflattering.

The audience was warned about loud noises, scary scenes and psychological disturbances.

While there were a few loud noises, no scene was scary, nor disturbing psychologically. What it actually was was quite funny, although not meant to be. But, we all had hearty laughs analyzing it on the way home, so it was a good evening out.

We do appreciate local theater a lot as it gives people the chance to act and there were a few people on stage who clearly had acting experience. I am sure that the cast had fun with the play. And, the hanging scene at the end was actually well executed.