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05 June 2021 and 06 June 2021 I didn't manage to get a phlog post in yesterday. So Friday was a trip to Burton on Trent, a brewing town in the east midlands with 2 friends. We went out for food fairly quickly and ended up in a Nandos. Burton seems to either have expensive places to eat or closed places to eat. There was no inbetween! We found a goth shop with 2 child sized dolls of which 1 was naked and the other only had eye lashes on the 1 eye. The temptation to buy them and take them to the wedding was great but a closed shop prevented us. The Saturday was the day of the wedding. I keep waking up at stupid o'clock and struggling to fall back to sleep at the moment. So I ended up waking at 6. Sigh. Trips to Lidl provided breakfast and time wasting. Eventually it was time to head to the wedding. We discovered there are 2 Burton Roads and so ended up on some confused taxi ride. He was very keen to give me a receipt when I truely couldnt care. It was a little odd. The wedding venue was in a woodland clearing with a large gazebo. It was a lovely spot and had been decorated with the couple's race numbers. They are keen runners. Numbers were limited to 30 as part of the covid conditions in the UK. It made for a lovely and intimate wedding. Sort of a blessing in disguise. The only real issue was the whole putting masks on and off while carrying a drink. The bride was dazzling in an understated dress which was accented with a green leather jacket which was customised with her first initial. It was a perfect touch for her. I was a teary muppet through the ceremony as seems to be the case in recent years. It was lovely seeing 2 people who are perfect for each other share their love with us all. There was lots of fun had in that whirlwind of madness that weddings often are. At the end of the night, we reached a point where we had to get back to the hotel. More taxi fun.... We ended up walking a mile or so in the dark, calling the company and eventually got picked up. Lesson learnt - taxis in Burton suck when going to a rural area. Today, I once again woke up at 6 but managed to snooze for a bit in half hour intervals. I am sitting writing this while looking out at the railway. It is rather wet too..... Thankfully yesterday was glorious.