Another day in London…….

 
 
 
 

….our next job will see us 1 ½ hours from London instead of ½ hour. We are making the most of our proximity before we leave and yesterday headed up to London to check out the Christmas vibe. Maybe it’s us, maybe it’s the recession, maybe it’s a bit early in the month……but it just wasn’t going “off” like we remembered it last year. London was wearing it’s party clothes, and the while the shops were practically giving away their stock, having “pre” instead of “post” Christmas sales (maybe they’ll do both!), it was unseasonally quiet. We had to see someone in Chelsea, so as we wandered down Sloane St two things stood out for us. The first was the wonderful ‘cabbage trees’ growing on the roof of an apartment block – “yay! we thought…….a Kiwi rooftop garden…brilliant!”
The second thing was…. an unnamed park opposite the said apartment block, a locked unnamed park. This is for the sole use of residents around the area whom we can only assume purchase the rights to ‘hang out’ there. I bet the “Kiwi rooftop garden” people don’t!!!!
We decided to head for Leicester Square and popped out of the tube in Picadilly Circus. With the temperature plummeting to about -2º, there was photo shoot with brave young things trying to look zany and unfreezing….
We gave thanks for our gloves, scarves and warm jackets and headed off to a nice warm supper and show……London is great, one more commute next week before it becomes a mission……..ahhhh! the price one is prepared to pay to live in the Cotswolds………
Loads of love xxxxxxx