Sunday, July 24, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
home for the last two weeks
last day, home i head
spent the day wandering and soaking up the last bit of london
i liked that strangers help parents with their prams getting up the stairs in the tube
i was paranoid thanks to damian's "forty minutes on the tube is equivalent to smoking two
cigarettes" fact - cheers my friend
ate my last banana for a while it seems
spotted many a apple and pear trees
decided that goodge st station had the best tiles out of all the stations
felt i got good use out of my four pound umbrella
evening concert show - lion king - with brodie
had 'box seats' and an actor came into our box to wave a bird around!
the digital journey ends - will have film to post soon, swoon
thank you for having me you wonderful friends xx
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
my favourite wall of turners
bloody pigeons are annoying here
bye tate
wet and drizzly trafalgar square
breakfast here with larz
such a beautiful old building
tate britain
nice to see the Turners
dover street markets for a leather good purchase (ta larz x)
national portrait gallery
bp portrait awards are on - worth seeing
soaked up some london sun on the steps of st martin's
walked to tate modern for final squiz
visited my friend miranda in angel
she made me a wonderful coffee
piano recital at st martins
view of the city from primose hill
tourist central! covent garden
westminster abbey
late to wake
walked to primrose hill and hiked the hill with brodie - windy and cold but nice view over london
lunch here again .. mmmm
best coffee of my life here
walked down to covent garden
ate an incredible macaron - i had orange blossom, brodie had lemon thyme
evensong at westminster abbey - ironically hale st mary's were singing the evening's programme
quiz night at local pub (it would have helped to be british) and drank from a stupidly large pint glass
Monday, July 18, 2011
the fiat 500!
the old Abbey in Lacock - built 800 years ago
inside the old Abbey
friday:
tube to heathrow and picked up the fiat 500
drove to stonehenge
such blue blue skies. feel very lucky to have seen it in that light
drove on to lacock
small heritage listed town just near bath
wandered the grounds
bought some oatcakes, cheese and pickle and ate lunch in the park
drove on to bristol
wonderfully friendly b & b
into town for dinner - burger - saw the suspension bridge and loved the area called clifton
had a cider on a floating pub called the grain barge
high street in brixham
beer + a view
river cottage meal
saturday:
full english breakfast at the b & b, hit the road
drove back into bristol for a final look around ... wet wet wet ...
hit the motorway and drove down to seaside town brixham
wandered town centre, little shops - colourful buildings - lots of boats
drove through torquay - so windy! - and on to axminster
had a beer in the sun on a hill over looking axminster
picked damo up from the train - river cottage for dinner
a-mazing
drove to bournemouth for night's acommodation
full full full moon and clouds in front of us on the drive home. just stunning.
bournemouth
the new forest
portsmouth
sunday:
woke up in bournemouth
hit the road
saw the pier - freezing and windy
drove to christchurch
wandered the waterside and church grounds
massive white swans!
drove in to the new forest
what a beautiful part of the world ... wild ponies wandering everywhere!
had a pub lunch in portsmouth
lovely little seaside town
wandered through to the pier
drove back to heathrow - epic hour and a half tube/bus ride home due to tube closures
soundtrack of the journey:
discovered heart fm and BBC devon! favourites included:
Chaka Khan - Aint Nobody
Billy Joel - Always A Woman
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
Adele - Rollin' In The Deep
Bee Jees - How Deep Is Your Love
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