Wouldn't you know? Grams asked me to look up the Tolkien in the Shire festival on the web,"Gweeds, be a dear and see where the festival is being held next year." Well I did and called out on horror, "Grams, you are not going to believe this! The festival is in Machynlleth!" There was rush of footsteps up the stairs and I can't describe the look of complete terror on her face, "Not, Machynlleth, any place but there!"
If only she hadn't had to, ah, a world of 'if onlys'. The door to the ladies was a slider type. If only she had knocked, but no, the door wasn't locked, and so she flung it open. Well, in the loo was occupied but a rather ancient lady who almost dropped dead on the spot - good thing she was sitting, eh?
We made it through without incident this time. But, it was touch and go as people looked at her with suspiciously - well, I had her bundled up like Claude Rains in "The Invisible Man."
Machynlleth is a lovely market town. It's in the center of an alternate energy area. Lots of people living 'off the grid.' Had a lovely lunch and coffee with single draft whiskey in it. Warms you up from the inside.
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