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So sorry you didn't get to see the play at the theatre... the atmosphere and acoustics make it more intense than a TV screen! Glad you had a pretty good time regardless... and I have to admit I love looking at London buildings. Whenever I'm in London I'm often annoying people by looking up :)

I've not been into London in a few years - COVID, and now I've moved further away than an hour's train ride.

As for Ingatestone - yeah - a lot of places are not pronounced the way they are spelled... like Happisburgh - a quaint place I went on holiday as a kid - is hazebruh, and Leicester is Lester, Gloucester is Gloster. I remember being told it was how they also managed to spot German spies during the WW2 - they pronounced things wrong :)