Lle Llywela

So, I was away last weekend for a long weekend in Yorkshire with my sister and her family for the Littlest Niece’s 3rd birthday, her first birthday with our family. Happy celebration time.

Except not for me, as it turned out, because on the Saturday we all went to a farm for the day, which the kids loved, but I managed to pick up a bug and proceeded to spend the entire night and much of Sunday morning vomiting. Which meant I ended up missing the actual birthday entirely! The rest of the fam had a lovely day together, while I hung out at our weekend rental being sick and feeling sorry for myself.

The house we stayed at, btw, was a sight to see - owned and rented out by a film producer, who met us himself to hand over the key and was a wee bit sad that, as Cardiffians who wander past film shoots on a regular basis, we weren’t quite as impressed by the house being built on the site of a former filming location as he’d anticipated. The house itself was, well…it was entirely decorated and furnished by a man, shall we say, and it showed - heavy on the industrial theme, with all fixtures and fittings designed to look like exposed pipes, bare brick wallpaper, framed showbiz posters plastered all over the walls, lots of ambient lighting…but no actual functional lighting. Like, all the lightbulbs were about 10 watts max, every single one. The most impractical kitchen I’ve ever seen, despite having a beautifully decorative fridge. And everything creaked - floors, doors and bedframes!

We travelled back south on Monday, and I was very thankful to have recovered in time to be able to travel. Then today I went back to work, which I probably shouldn’t - supposed to wait 48 hours, really, but I had two really important meetings in my calendar that I didn’t want to miss, and I’m glad I made it to them, they were both really productive, but...

But I am so knackered now! Should have taken an extra day to recover, really, if only I could have afforded the time.

Also, because of being away and being ill, I wasn’t able to watch this week’s Doctor Who live, but thanks to needing to look something up on Google on my phone, I was comprehensively spoiled for the twist in the episode because it was plastered all over the headlines, so thanks for that, Google.

Regarding that twist, I have Thoughts, but I am sticking a pin in them for now and waiting to see how it all comes out in the wash, so to speak. Still a lot of the season to go, and no doubt a few more twists and turns along the way. I am very wary and very cautious, and more than a little worried because A Show has taught me not to trust showrunners, but also definitely intrigued.