[Forgot to do this at the time, so relying on the itinerary and my faulty memory]
Ken and David have arranged a day trip to Chester, a town that dates from Roman times. After “a bit of a cock-up,” we get a very fun and informational tour from a guy dressed in a centurion’s uniform. After lunch, I wander over to the Military Museum, where I run into Bonnie Ambrose; very interesting to view the uniforms from her costumer’s perspective. We then wander along the elevated walk (a remnant of the bad plumbing days), have some tea, then grab some drugs to help fight the cold I seem to have inherited from Jeff. Back to Buxton, where we watch a very entertaining Iolanthe. Alistair tells me he’s given Nell Smith my name as a possibility to perform in the Young Artists’ production of Patience. I had told Anne I’d catch up with her after the show, but didn’t find her at any of the pubs or at the hotel, so go back to the Coach House and hang with the “young’uns”, minding them a bit since they had been going at it for quite some time. We shut down the bar, and while walking up the steps to the Palace can see Clif looking out his window at us and shaking his head. Then find out there is another bar at the Palace where Anne and the others had been. Oops.