Mating Season

"Are you available for tomorrow to be part of a couple?"

Yes I was but I was still in Suffolk with the plays that I was doing - they were rehearsed readings. Fortunately, I had that day off so thought why not? 

A suitcase of clothing had to be packed as costume had requested several changes of clothes so a flurry of activity soon followed as I tried to match different pieces of clothing together to be part of a couple. Not much help that is it?  At least they could have given me a better description! Anyway, the following day with  my suitcase packed I headed off down the A12 towards London and the bright lights of Victoria Park. There was no parking offered so yet  again I had to take the underground to my destination. However, once I had arrived at the park, there were no location signs, no evidence of filming and as I walked around the park of course the weather changed and it started to rain....

Luckily I had a contact number so gave it a ring. Everybody was in the pub down the road and I should have received a text telling me that. Of course I hadn't but it didn't really matter as I was an hour too early anyway and the call time wasn't until 4pm. Once inside the pub I was directed upstairs where several tables and chairs had been laid out for us. As we each arrived we were all asked if we would like tea or coffee and this was presented to eachperson with a milk jug and sugar bowl. I only mention this because its quite unusual for somebody to run round providing all this - normally it would be one of us running around finding coffee. Magazines were also given to us and we were told to relax and costume would come and sort us out shortly. There were about eight of us altogether and we had all been paired up with somebody. All of a sudden  a lady grabbed my hands and began to file my nails and to paint them. Could this day get any better?! Apparently we had been chosen to be body parts...my scene was to hold hands  with my paired up other half and thats what the camera would be focusing on. Costume called me in and handed me a bundle of clothes...great - I had struggled down with this suitcase which was not needed. Having dressed me as an older woman complete with flat shoes and rain coat we sat down to wait for darkness to appear so that filming could continue. Dinner arrived in the form of pizza so we wolfed it down as quickly as possible as nobody was quite sure which couple would be called first. Luckily it was to be us so off we went down the road to hold hands walking up and down with our back to the camera. By this time the rain was really pouring down although it didn't matter much as our faces weren't going to be seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy76PHa-fug