It's been that day again, the day when Tony and I go to York for the Members Day of the wonderful Riding Lights Theatre Company. It's also the weekend of the York Viking Festival, when every other person you see is dressed in a cloak and carrying a battleaxe. They have Dragon Boats races on the river, so it's really not a good day to fall in.
There were long traffic queues on the way there, so I had plenty of time for my brain to go for a walk. I was thinking about choosing character names, and I don't mean names like Catherine Jenkinson or Patrick Webster. I mean bizarre names for bizarre characters. Something like this -
write down
a name you might give to a puppy
a place you've enjoyed visiting
a type of sweet,
and mix them up. So now I have Flossie Vienna Marshmallow and Fergus Clovelly Fudge. I can see them now, can't you?
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Trixie Barcelona Smarties
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Yes, I can see her. A bright spark, maybe a kid who's always a step or two ahead of the adults. Tony came up with Godzilla Alnmouth Chocolate, which doesn't work for me. Coltis Helmsley Barleysugar is a man of distinction.
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