We carved a pumpkin!!

 

We got a big pumpkin this year!!

We're entering Jerry and Ben's Halloween contest again!

First we had to cut a hole in the top of its' head.

And then we had to scoop all the brains out.

We scooped out some of the innards too....

Right ho....that's the eyes and the nose done.....

Humm...... yeah, that's good!!

We finished!!!  Let's put a tea candle inside!!

Ooooooo!!

MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!

Later on, we roasted the pumpkin seeds with salt, pepper and oregano.

They didn't last long....!

Sandy Bear's Art Deco contest, Kidney Beanie's entry

This is the Blackfriars pub outside Blackfriars Station.

It's rather small and a weird shape but it's very pretty!

And it's Kidney Beanie's entry to Sandy Bear's Art Deco contest..... although technically this is an Art Nouveaux building, we're hoping Sandy won't discriminate on the age difference!!

It's a Grade 2 listed building built on the site of a medieval Dominican friary and then remodelled in 1905 by architect Herbert Fuller-Clark

On one side of the building there's four of these brass signs....

And it has mosaic signage above the door and windows.

See?!

Then there's more brass signage down the other external walls where the entry doors are.

This one has lots of info about the building.

They've also got their own website here:- Blackfriars pub website

Another Adventure

We got up early this morning because we're going on an adventure!!

We whizzed up to the bus stop.....

....and got off at the last stop, at the train station!

We used the facilities before we got on the train, and left a CD on the door!

And then got on our train!!!  We got a window seat!

We left a CD here too!

And we're off!

Wonder where we're going....?

Ooo there's the Shard!

Interesting bit, here....

And then we got off here!!!

We used the facilities here too, and left another CD on the door!

And then we headed off to go somewhere!

We went past this murial again.....

Great views here....

And the tide's out too!

Me and Sandy Bear went mudlarking here once, years ago.

We left a floppy disc here....

We're going to see an expedition!!!

At the Tate Modern!!!

We left another floppy disc here....

And then went into the Tate!!

They got a new installation in the turbine hall

We got our ticket and then went up to the fourth floor.

We're going in to see Picasso!!!

There was a ton of stuff in here

Inluding etching and drawings...

And paintings!

And collage!  Videos too!

We had a good look at the gift shop afterwards (we'll show you later) and that's the view from the window.

And then we went back down to the Turbine Hall.

Then we headed out...... we left another CD here too

And left a floppy disc here.

And then went for a saunter along the South Bank.

There's the Globe Theatre!

That's the Tate's chinmey there

Left another floppy disc here too

....interesting shadows.....

Left this one here!

Oh!!!!  This is where the original Globe Theatre was!

It's a residential estate now....

There's a sign on the floor there....

Coo...

We left a floppy disc here too!

Then we came here for lunch!!!

We started with a fizzy drink.....

And then had a prawn cassarrole with rice and warm flat bread!

It was YUMMY

AND we got a free bacalava too!!!

Then we walked along the South Bank the way we came

The tides come in now, though.

We left another floppy disc outside Blackfriars Station.

And then came up to the main Blackfriars Bridge.

And on the other side we came to the Black Friars pub!!

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This is Kidney Beanie's entry for Sandy Bear's Art Deco contest!!

We're going to make a separate post for this though.

We used the facilities at the station again and left another CD on the door

And then we headed off to the bus stop.

Here we are......

BUS BINGO ALERT!!!!  We got the number 4!!

They got a CD too!

We went past the College of Arms.  That's where we got our Coat of Arms from for our passports!!

We got off the bus here....

And then walked back down towards St Pauls Cathedral.

We spotted this on the way -  this would've been in the middle of the Great Fire of London!

Oh wow, that's pretty!

Then we found our next bus stop and got the number 8!!!

They got a CD too!!

We headed off this way....

....past here....

Ooo that's a pretty doorway!

And we got off at the last stop!

Then walked past a sleeping doggie

And ended up here!!!!

OOooooo!

Aaaahhhh!!!  We did a bit of shopping (we'll show you later) and then.....

...we headed off to Tottenham Court Road.

And found our next bus stop!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!!  We got the last bus of the day, the 390 bus!

And left another CD here too!

We got off at the British Library

And then walked along to St Pancras Station

We stopped in here briefly (we'll show you later)

And then scooted off to our platform - and just in time to get our train bome!

We gpt a window seat too!!

We whizzed through Blackfriars Station

There's the Shard again!

And then we headed off towards London Bridge!

And off towards home.

And eventually got back to Brighton!!!  And just as we got outside the station, our bus arrived to take us home!!!

And we got off at the last stop!

We got some postcards from the Tate Modern

And we got some small sample packs of watercolour papers

We might use these to make our own business cards....!

And we got these from Fortnums!!!

(they didn't last long....)

What a fab day out!!!