And so to the Bijou in Harrogate where we were welcomed with Prosecco by new owner, who had only taken over a few hours before. Most of our questions like "What time is breakfast?" or "What is the wifi code" were greeted with a puzzled look and a shrug of the shoulders. Ah well the Prosecco was yummy !
On her recommendation we went for an early dinner to a ghastly Italian Restaurant "Lucia's" with store bought pasta and sauces. At 6.30 it was already swamped by Hen and Stag parties. Well I guess it was a Saturday night.
We made our escape and wandered across the road to look at the Royal Hall. To our amazement there was a Gilbert and Sullivan festival on. Two minutes later tickets bought we were sitting in the stalls of this wonderful theatre waiting for the performance of Ruddigore to begin.
It was the usual ridiculous plot and mock opera... absolutely wonderful. Superb! The acting and singing was excellent.With light hearts we wandered down to explore the night club which had been set up in G & S style.
Exhausted we wandered across the road back to our "jewel" of a B & B. I love serendipitous moments like this.
Roger spent the next morning with his dad, saying farewells, while I wandered through this incredible spa town.
During my wanderings I found a great Jazz pub, so our final evening was spent listening to great music, eating traditional English fare. I really shouldn't have requested Ella Fitzgerald"s "Everytime We Say Goodnight" ...
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