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Sunday 14 April 2024

Pirate Printing, manhole covers and buses.....

We got up really early today, which is weird for a Sunday.

But it turns out we're going somewhere!!!

AHA!!  It involves a train ride too!!!

We got a window seat and left a Light card on the hand grip!!

So, where are we off to today then?

Ooooo love this bit!

Going past Millwall football stadium.

Oooo there's the Shard!  We're going to London!

Must be London Bridge Station!

We didn't get off there though..... we went over Borough Market!

And we didn't get off at Blackfriars either.....

We got off here!!!

Ooo there's a new expedition on at the British Library!

There's that fancy clock!

We used the facilities and left a poppy windchime on the door.  Then we washed our paws carefully!

Oooo they got new window displays at Fortnum & Mason!

Right ho, onto the Euston Road!  What next Jeeves?

Over to the bus stop!!

BUS BINGO ALERT!  It's the 205!

They got a light card!

We went past a bookshop

Ooo - think that's a fire station!

Rainbow planters!

And a racing car!!!

We got off here at Liverpool Street Station!

We had a bit of a walk and found a manhole cover!

AHA!!  We're at Spitalfields Market!!

We're going to meet somebody at the goat statue!

Ooo didn't notice that building before (that's looking back onto Bishopsgate)
We met our friend and then had a little walk down the side of Spitalfields Market

And found another manhole cover on the corner of Commercial Street!!!

Then we crossed the road and walked down Fournier Street looking at the manhole covers and decided to do some printing from this one!

TA DA!!  Fun huh?  Our friend printed a couple of tote bags too, they came out really well!

Then after a bit of clean up, we went back to the market for a coffee and a natter.

After that we said goodbye and went on with the rest of the day.  We weren't too sure what to do so we left some more poppies on railings

Fun huh?!

Then we went back past the market and the elephrants.

And decided to get a bus from here!

BUS BINGO ALERT!  It's the number 8!!

They got a god card

We went past the bank of england 

And round past St Pauls Cathedral!

See?!

It's pretty here

OOooooo

That's Holborn viaduct!

Ooooo

OOOOOOooo!!

Oh!!  Wonder what they do?!

And then we got off here not far from Tottenham Court Road.  That's a weird looking sculpture though...

Ah, there's the underground station!

Right ho, we're going down here....

And past this manhole cover

And then down Great Russell Street.....

Past this manhole cover.

And left another poppy here!

AH!!

Tas Restaurant!!!  It's lunchtime!!

We got a fizzy drink and a Taboulleh salad which was yummy!

And some warm flatbread too!

And then we got a chicken shish with couscous and more salad!  It was yumtastic!!

We borrowed their facilities too, and left another poppy on the door!
And washed our paws carefully!

They got a really nice mosaic down there....

Afterwards we decided to have a little wander round to leave some more windchimes.

We left this one in Bedford Square

And looked for some more manhole covers down Gower Street.  That one's really worn....

...meh....

.....even more meh than the last one....

Oh that's pretty

Pretty ink at Cornellison's art shop!

Hmm.

Then we ended up back at Tottenham Court Road and needed to get another bus

Aha, there's our stop!

BUS BINGO ALERT!! It's the number 73!!

They got a god card

And off we go...

And we got off at the British Library!!  We spotted somebody's Oyster card on the pavement - they'd dropped it - so we picked it up and took it with us.....

Past this building....

To St Pancras Station and handed it in at the Visitor's Centre. 

And then did a spot of shopping!!  (we'll show you later!)

And we spotted another expedition on over there too!!

And our train is in ten minutes time!  That's handy!!

We got another window seat too!!

And left another god card on the hand rail!

We arrived at Blackfriars Station again....

And then went past Borough Market....

And back through the countryside...

towards the South Downs...

back to Brighton!

And we're here!!

Not long to the next bus!

They got a god card too!!

And then we got off here and whizzed back home!

And spotted all these manhole covers on the way back!







We got more Fortnums coffee because we're almost running out!!
What a fun day!!