London 2009
March 8th, 2010After enjoying last year’s trip to London for my birthday so much I thought we’d repeat this year, and found a bargain hotel in Docklands which was offering two nights for the price of one, including breakfast. The room was pretty nice, with a rather smart bathroom (this coming in the middle of our own bathroom “remodeling” - more about that later!) and an unbelievable buffet breakfast. The view from the breakfast room over the dock in the morning, with ongoing canoe race on Sunday, was very uplifting in the sun - at night with all the lights of Docklands and the O2 very pretty too.
A tour of Fullers brewery (courtesy of Tesco vouchers!) was very interesting and also very generous with the samples - resulting in a slightly more wobbly walk along the river than was strictly necessary. One thing we have found about London is that walking, if you have the time and inclination, leads you to discover little areas that you would otherwise have missed that are interesting, or pretty, or sometimes just plain odd! This time we discovered a tiny pub tucked away down a little alley with a wonderful river view and very old decor - oh and they were serving three types of Fullers beer too…….
New boots always seem to be part of the London experience, so to keep up tradition off to Campden we headed and I gained a very shiny new pair of Doc Martens (unfortunately not the bright red ones!) which I wore straight away to wear them in. I think it was actually my feet that got worn in, after Stephen’s alternative route from Primrose Hill to the tube station seemed to be a few more miles than my original route might have been - lost? of course not, it was deliberate apparently!!!
