I was woken up at 4.30 this morning, and not by my son. It was the dog who had decided that he needed to go out to eat some grass, he had already been sick the night before. So up I get to sort him out, my wife had already tried once. Eventually, an hour later, I manage to get back to sleep. Another hour after that and I'm up again to get ready for the day. I'm not very happy at this point.
We left the house at 9, dropped the dog off, I had forgiven him by this point, and we were on our way to Leavesden for the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Film Studio Tour. Our booking was for 1.30 and we arrived at 12 so we had time to have our picnic and visit the shop, so I could pick out all the things I wanted. At 1.30 we were on the tour, it started with a video highlighting the successes of the film series before going to a cinema for a film introduction by Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson).
The rest was us wandering casually round, taking in everything. We started in the great hall, then moved round looking at all the different sets, the Griffindor common room, Harry's dormitory, Dumbledores office, The Weasleys house, Hagrids hut, the potions classroom, Umbridges office, Diagon Alley and parts of the ministry of magic. There was also an outdoor area including the knight bus and privet drive. My favourite part had to be the scale model of the hogwarts grounds. As well as all the sets there were lots of things about the props, creatures and other details that went into making the films.
It took us 3 hours and I loved every second. On our way out my wife said we could afford to get me something, so I had to choose between lounge pants and a t-shirt. I had a little strop because I couldn't have both but I chose the lounge pants in the end. I'll get more use out of them.
Once we left the studio, we went for a nice dinner at Frankie & Benny's, other than a waiter calling me mate it was fantastic.
It's now time for bed and I'm laying here in my new lounge pants ready for sleep ahead of another busy day of relaxing tomorrow.
Thanks for reading
Adam Edward Grant
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