05 June 2021 and 06 June 2021

I didn't manage to get a phlog post in yesterday. So Friday was a trip 
to Burton on Trent, a brewing town in the east midlands with 2 
friends. We went out for food fairly quickly and ended up in a Nandos. 
Burton seems to either have expensive places to eat or closed places 
to eat. There was no inbetween! We found a goth shop with 2 child 
sized dolls of which 1 was naked and the other only had eye lashes on 
the 1 eye. The temptation to buy them and take them to the wedding was 
great but a closed shop prevented us. The Saturday was the day of the 
wedding. I keep waking up at stupid o'clock and struggling to fall 
back to sleep at the moment. So I ended up waking at 6. Sigh. Trips to 
Lidl provided breakfast and time wasting. Eventually it was time to 
head to the wedding. We discovered there are 2 Burton Roads and so 
ended up on some confused taxi ride. He was very keen to give me a 
receipt when I truely couldnt care. It was a little odd. The wedding 
venue was in a woodland clearing with a large gazebo. It was a lovely 
spot and had been decorated with the couple's race numbers. They are 
keen runners. Numbers were limited to 30 as part of the covid 
conditions in the UK. It made for a lovely and intimate wedding. Sort 
of a blessing in disguise. The only real issue was the whole putting 
masks on and off while carrying a drink. The bride was dazzling in an 
understated dress which was accented with a green leather jacket which 
was customised with her first initial. It was a perfect touch for her. 
I was a teary muppet through the ceremony as seems to be the case in 
recent years. It was lovely seeing 2 people who are perfect for each 
other share their love with us all. There was lots of fun had in that 
whirlwind of madness that weddings often are. At the end of the night, 
we reached a point where we had to get back to the hotel. More taxi 
fun.... We ended up walking a mile or so in the dark, calling the 
company and eventually got picked up. Lesson learnt - taxis in Burton 
suck when going to a rural area. 

Today, I once again woke up at 6 but managed to snooze for a bit in 
half hour intervals. I am sitting writing this while looking out at 
the railway. It is rather wet too..... Thankfully yesterday was 
glorious.