Ladies and lunch

[lizwilliams]

I have been in Gloucester, out to lunch with my parents as it is my mother's birthday. We went to the New Inn, which was new in about 1435. I haven't been there for almost that long: it is half timbered, and very dark. Allegedly, the last person to put on a play there was one W. Shakespeare, but only allegedly. It is also supposed to be the place where Lady Jane Grey got the heads up about her, well, heads off.

And it is now pouring with rain.