[Sundae]

Back to Bank Holiday Monday. It's horse day for Sundae!
I bought my ticket weeks back and have looked forward to it since.

I've never been to Leeds Armouries, even though I'm a museum fan and it has free entry. I will certainly be going there now, as I saw only a small part of the museum. Mostly what lay between me and the toilets!

I woke up unfeasibly early and didn't go back to sleep. I wanted to get the 09.37 bus, and get it I did.
It got me into Leeds ridiculousy early, to the extent I couldn't remember why it was that bus, rather than the one which ran an hour later, I'd chosen to get. But it was okay - better to be there and kill time.

I'd had weeks and weeks to decide what to wear. And we had terribly grim weather only a week ago, to the extent I emailed the museum team asking them about potential cancellation. They responded quickly and pleasantly (in my defence I was also asking about the fact I didn't have a receipt, having booked by phone) saying the only weather condition which would make them cancel would be lightning, because of the danger.

The day was forecast to be cloudy, but fair. Temperatures of about 11 degrees (52f) and little chance of rain. It was a hazy start in Otley. Tattered cloud moved in front of the Chevin, revealing and obscuring it in parts, a landscape in motion. I chose to wear my Christmas outfit from two wears back, a long silver skirt with the sparkly camisole I wore to the park, only with a nude colulered vest underneath, Dressed down with black heeled boots and my denim jacket.

There is something about walking in a long heavy skirt. In order that it doesn't wrap itself up in tangles you have to use your hips, adopting a slightly rolling gait. It's why actresses wear "practice skirts" when rehearsing for Shakespeare.

I was enormously gratified by the reaction to my costume of choice, Even at the bus station a little girl said in a stage whisper to her Mum, "I like that silver dress [sic]. It looks like a Princess!"