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I went to Bristol to visit my cousins over the weekend and had an absolutely lovely time!

These were the cousins who originally introduced me to The Goes Wrong Show, so they had a lot to answer for. I confessed to how hot I was for Robert, and I was heartened when my cousin S said she understood completely. "He's not my usual type," she said, "but he has such presence."

S doesn't really know anything about fanfiction, but she read my Goes Wrong fic about Vanessa joining the Cornley Drama Society, The Outsider, and she seemed to enjoy it! She laughed quietly a few times while reading, which was very gratifying.

"You should get in touch with Mischief Theatre!" she said, very earnestly. "You should send this to them. I'm sure they'd love knowing that someone put this much thought into their characters."

I thought that this was a) extremely sweet and b) a suggestion only someone who isn't into fanfiction would ever make. If Mischief ever come across my fanfiction, it is going to be because a third party sent them the link to my Goes Wrong website with the message 'lol look at this weirdo', as God intended.

Being in Bristol also meant I had the opportunity to visit the Clifton Suspension Bridge, one of my favourite places in the UK! It was absolutely bucketing with rain, so we couldn't admire the view for long, but it's still a gorgeous place even in terrible weather. Here's a sketch of the bridge I did back in 2018, in a Bristol café, just after seeing it for the first time:


The photograph I took in 2018 and used as the basis for the above sketch:


And the photograph I took two days ago, in worse conditions but with a better camera:


It's such a pretty place! Highly recommended if you ever happen to find yourself in Bristol.