Feeding the ducks

I had a lovely day with David today; we went out for lunch together (TGI Fridays of course), watched TWO films and went for a walk at the Heritage Park. The films that we watched were very different from each other. The first one was "The Woman in Black". David wasn't that keen to see it and he was right; it was really disappointing compared to the stage play, which I went to see with Heather a couple of years ago. The stage play was truly suspenseful despite only having three actors, and I didn't think that the film managed to attain that atmosphere at all. Also the changed ending was rubbish. The book that it was based on was written by Susan Hill, who also writes the Simon Serrailler crime series that I quite like, in fact I have downloaded some more of the series about the moody detective for my holiday! The second film that we watched was "50:50" which is about a young man who has cancer and his relationships, particularly with his friend, who is played by Seth Rogen. We watched it because when we were looking through the list of films on our "On Demand" service we discovered that we were both interested in seeing it. It's totally not James' type of film, so I was gratified that David was interested in it too. It was a good film I thought, which dealt with the issues sensitively and also brought in a lot of humour, although it was never flippant about what the main character was going through. The ending was perhaps a little too neat but the acting was great, especially by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anjelica Huston who was tremendous as the Mum. Then later Davie and I went for a walk at the Heritage Park, it was an absolutely beautiful evening. There were lots of people out walking and running, and at one point we heard a wee voice behind us shouting "ding ding......ding ding" with increasing urgency. When we turned round a little boy shot past us on his bike and shouted, "Thank you! My bell isn't working!", which I thought was very funny. We fed the ducks and swans and had a good chat.