To take our minds off the possibility of me being made redundant again, Sue & I took time off to go to London last Thursday to take in a show and spend 2 days in our capital city. I've never been a friend of London, or any big cities for that matter, but I really enjoyed this trip. London is now much more car free with pedestrian areas predominating and the Congestion Charge keeping vehicle numbers down - result being fewer cars with access to even fewer streets.
We walked miles. Oxford Street disappoints, being all cheap and down market. Everywhere else is nice and clean with a mysterious absence of pigeons fouling and pestering for feed. Trafalgar Square is a really nice place to be, as are most of the streets. Convent Garden - I loved it with it's market stalls and cafes.
We saw the show "We Will Rock You" based on the music of Queen. Fabulous, funny, full of music and wit with great lighting and a humorous story line (Simon Cowell is responsible for the dead of Rock & Roll!). Other than that well... we had a nice meal out, just the 2 of us. We walked miles in the glorious (and un-seasonally warm) sunshine under clear skies. We took a boat trip down to Greenwich and back - a 2 hour trip, well worth the fare. And we walked miles (again). Stayed at the Strand Palace Hotel, and had an enormous full English breakfast - which was just as well as we walked.....
We needed the break and today's news that I've still got a job made it even better.
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