Quick one before my parents get here and discover the squalor I live in.

Trinity's production of Wind in the Willows was a whole bunch of fun. The traditional story of Toad falling from grace and reclaiming his home and learning his lesson takes a bit of a backseat to the fantastic Mole-Rat-Badger love triangle. It's the usual story: Mole meets Rat, Rat persuades Mole to come back to his, Rat and Mole becomes friends, Mole gets bored, Mole gets lost in wood, Rat saves day, Mole meets Badger, Badger steals Mole away from Rat, Rat gives up. There is, thankfully, no resolution to this sub-plot: that would be too horrific. There was too many funny lines: Ratty being told he should go to Oxford, Toad's salesman monologue on Toadhall, The judge and her assistant trying to decide a suitable punishment ("What did he call me?" "A big nose your honor" "Can we give him anything for it" "Oh Yes! (consults book) Twenty years!"). My personal favourite was when Rat was looking for a towel and someone off scene handed him one, and he looked puzzled at it being presented to him and went "Yes..." in a perfect English accent. The Chief Weasel was the coolest: "Norman, are you a happy weasel?" "Yes Chief" "And are you desirous of remaining so?". Best of all, for a production in the middle of a lawn, they worked to the limits really well, making small jokes about some of the obvious flaws as they went along ("That's it, run across the water there").

So, yeah, it was good.

Speak soon,

Craig