A four-alarm day

In fire fighting parlance, a four-alarmer is a fire that calls out trucks from 4 different towns or fire stations, and Wednesday 4 January was a four alarmer. We walked about 10 miles!

First was a walking tour of spots in London that Shakespeare would have known, from the London Bridge, to the Southwalk Cathedral to sites of many southbank entertainment venues such as the Rose and the Bear Gardens and the Globe, to St. Paul's and the Blackfriars theatre and the Inns of Court.

Second, we had a lovely lunch at the Middle Temple, the medieval banquet hall in the Inns of Court in which Twelfth Night was performed for the first time in February 1602.

Third, we were off to tour the British Library and its Treasures Gallery, including the Magna Carta and the Lindisfarne Gospels and the manuscript of Beowulf.

Fourth in this amazing day was a trip to the Sam Wanamaker theatre to see "The Little Match Girl and Other Happier Tales," which needs a separate post!