One Day In The Park

Even though summer has come to an end there are still lots of cool outdoorsy things that are on to try and soak up what is left of the ‘good’ weather and one of these was the open air cinema. As a customer of Natwest Shea was able to pick up £8 tickets to see One Day at marble hill house. As a massive massive fan of the book I was so keen to see it - especially in such a cool way. N.B - if you haven't read the book you're missing out!

The day started off a bit rainy so we were feeling pretty dodgy about the whole thing but by about 4pm the skies cleared just in time for us to head over there. When we arrived we were given a bum box which was a piece of cardboard that folded into a little seat that you could lean on to keep your bum dry. We also got given water and popcorn and could even have had wine (but we were all a little seedy from the Denim party the night before). We had also stocked up on picnic food so once we found our spot, put down our mats and snuggled under our blankets we were all set to go.











A few previews later the movie started and the atmosphere was amazing. The sun had only just gone down and the night was clear, everyone was silent except for the wind in the trees and we were all just engrossed in the movie. The movie itself was a little disappointing but it was always going to be when compared to the book. Admittedly there was a quiet tear shed towards the end and I could hear lots of sniffles and sighs around me. The rest of the night however was great! There are lots of open air cinemas on in london during the summer (there is even a floating cinema!) and while the season is over for now I am hoping I can check out another one next summer!