Peaky Blinders Ballet

I have been having a social time this week; a coffee with Linda P on Wednesday, and lunch with Christine and Gerry and James on Thursday. It’s the first time that we have seen Gerry since he had a stroke, and it was reassuring to see him looking well. It’s probably due to his high level of fitness that the stroke wasn’t even worse. However he has serious issues with his eyesight which he hopes will improve over the next few months. We had a really nice chat. I have also been doing useful stuff like getting the car serviced and some boring admin. 

We went to see the Peaky Blinders ballet this afternoon which I booked impulsively a while ago, because James and I both enjoyed the television series. In fact there is an upcoming film of Peaky Blinders. It was at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. We took the train through and we had a light lunch in the Costa in Blackwell’s bookshop beforehand. Morag was also going to the ballet with her friend Nicola, and we met up for a coffee in the theatre café beforehand. I have only been to a very few ballets over the years, so I am no expert, but I thought that this one was very good. The dancing and the music were both excellent - they used Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and other music similar to that of the television series. And who could resist their wee razor lined flat caps! James said that he enjoyed it, although ballet isn’t really his thing (or mine, although I enjoy the spectacle of a ballet more than he does.) Morag does know a lot about ballet and she thought that it was great. Back home on the train we went and Davie and Chanel came round for dinner, we had a good chat and a lot of laughter.