I dreamed that I and a bunch of other people were in Queen Elizabeth's court. Not historically - this ws in the present, save that we were al focused at the Carleton Street Armouries, where I used to have cadets. And I was in band, and for some reason, played the flute. Only not much better than I can actually play the flute (this was really vivid in the dream - I remember the feel of the thing, the sound, etc). Or, more to the point, I couldn't read music any better. I was trying to play along with a couple of pieces, and it was going medium well. But at second practice, someone had taken my sheet music, and i was the only flautist around, and the Queen was directing (and possibly was the one who had taken my music, because she didn't have a copy of the flute part, so I couldn't complain), so it was really obvious that i didn't know my part, and she was getting *cross*. Also the rest of the band people were abut as pervy as I am, and we were always trying to hide all our deviancy from her, because we didn't think she'd appreciate it. although at one point towards the end of that sequence I went to talk to her about something and she was pretty nice. She was wearing a blue dress, and had long curly red hair all piled up on top of her head - kinda like Cate Blanchette from the *first* Elizabeth movie.

Apart from that, there is also the part of the dream where earis and I were stuck at a train station, and we had to get to.... court? the department? Maybe they were both the same thing. So, we took a train. By which I mean, that she knew how to drive one, which is funny (and was in the dream) because she doesn't drive at all (well she can, she just *doesn't*) :o But she totally drove this old skool steam engine from a display. We didn't even realize it was on tracks, but she was confident! And by 'we' I mean myself and the bunch of military (Corp?) guys who were lugginf these old fashioned bronze bells somewhere. They got on our little train, but they were a bit rude, so I snarked at them until they were suitably impressed with earis. We wound up at the armoury again, but I don't remember the exact sequence.

I do remember wandering through some city, possibly Sheffield up in Walkley - it at least had some elements of Walkley - talking about plays and musicals that we liked. Which was odd. i totally was talking about stuff I have never seen, but now I don't remember what. There was some kind of street performance, also,with a really tall puppet/guy on stilts. We both liked whatever play he was from o_O

It was very odd, in any case. I think my favourite bit was with the train. It might have been Bumblebee from the Hearts of Steel comic!