Goodbye Harry Potter

I finally got to see the final Harry Potter film and what an emotional roller coaster it was.  Not the film mind, just the fact that it's the final one and I got to see it with Mat having seen every single one with him from the start.  And finally saying goodbye to all the characters and actors having watched them all grow up on screen. It was all quite sad.


The film itself I found a tad slow and overly long. I think I enjoyed watching it more because I got to see the end of an era rather than because it was a good film. I enjoyed watching it but at times it did feel like one of those 'Potions' lessons Harry and Ron found so tedious. I did think however that Alan Rickman was incredibly moving as Severus Snape. He is such a bloody good actor though that he could be reciting the back of a packet of tights and I would still be mesmerised by him. That voice as well. What a legend.


Anyway, apart from Harry P this weekend, there was also a trip to Bowles, East Sussex for more climbing, this time on sandstone.  Didn't enjoy it as much as the peak district as sandstone is less 'grippy' than grit stone and I got all scared and was frankly rubbish!  Given that you have to be more of a technical climber climbing on sandstone and I am not, it wasn't a great display of climbing technique!  I got to see and enjoy another beautiful part of the country so the afternoon wasn't wasted.


Spent part of today snipping up and drying out some of the lavender from our front garden so as not to waste them as they are due to die off soon.  There is still so much left!  Anyway, the house smells gorgeous and hopefully I will get a chance to do something crafty with the flowers over the coming months.

A little bit of Provence in the spare bedroom