We got up silly early today because we're going somewhere!!
That's the King Alfred Leisure Centre over there. It was built in 1939 so that almost makes it Art Deco!
The local council have been debating what to do with it forever - it's rather tired and delapidated and needs some kind of revamp. There was talk about 20 years ago about getting two tower blocks built of over 20 storeys high and most people absolutely hated the designs. Luckily, the last financial crash happened, and those plans got scrapped. Then the architect withdrew his plans. In any case, this will now be demolished starting in April, and they're rebuilding a new Leisure facility over the next 2 years.
But in the meantime, we're waiting for our coach!
And we're off!
We went past the Royal Pavillion
And then it started getting fuggy!
Didn't take too long to get to Gatwick!
We got Jaffa cakes!!!
YUM!!
And then we had a Panno Shoko LAH!!!
Oo, we're at Heathrow now!!
This must be the Hammersmith Flyover.....
Yup, we're definitely in London now!
Lots of fancy buildings!
And pretty ones too!
Oh wow!!! We got in 20 minutes early!! Excellent!!
Cracking start to the day!
We used the facilities and left this here!
And then headed off for our adventure!
Right, where to, Jeeves?
Ah, we're getting the bus somewhere.
BUS BINGO!! It's the number 52!
They got a CD!
We went past our favourite sculpture
And got off at Hyde Park Corner to get the next bus
Which is the number 9!!
They got this!
That's the Royal Albert Hall!
OH!! That looks art deco! It's opposite the Design Museum at Holland Park!
Reminds me of Egyptian Revival Style - it's Holland Park Gate, residential suites costing up to £60 million each.....!!!!
Then we got off here at Hammersmith Bus station..... we had to go to Stand B for the next bus.
BUS BINGO!!! It's the 110!! That's Bob T Bear's final number!!
They got this!!
That might be the Hammersmith flyover!
Those buildings have mosaics on the top!
Ooo pretty! Think this is Chiswick now!
That's somebody called Hogarth with his dog.
There's a flower market!
And a church. Think this is Turnham Green.....
Oh we're going over Kew Bridge! I know where we are now!!
The bus went on a diversion after this, so we got off here.....
That's Kew Gardens over the road...
BUS BINGO!! It's the 65!
They got this!
We're going past more posh houses now!
VERY posh!
Oh!! That building has a mirrored frontage! That's our bus being reflected!!!
WAVE HALLO!!!
And we got off here!!! I'm getting hungry now, we need to find somewhere to eat.....
We WERE going to go to Pizza Express but then we spotted an electric blue building over the road so we came to investigate.....
It's a restautant!
Let's go in!!
Now, let's see what they've got.... that trout looks good, let's have that!
We got a drink first.
And then we got trout with a crispy skin and a warm caper/tomato thingy underneath and samphire (which we've never had before) and crab/potato croutons. It was SPECTACULAR!!
Oh I'm glad we came here!!!
After we paid the bill we used the facilities and left them a CD
And then headed up towards the bus station
We've stayed in there!!
We've eaten in there too but they're closed now, which is shame!
Ah, nearly there!
We left a CD here too!
And then went to the bus stop!
And got another 65!
They got this!
And we're off!
Ooo that looks art deco too!
I like riding buses!
Oh that's interesting....
And then we got off here at Cromwell Road Bus station.
We're getting the next bus from here!!
It's the number 85! Except we're going to Putney (not Kingston!) We've taken this from the other end of the line.
They got this one!
We sat up the top at the front, and we had to wipe down the window so we can see where we're going!
We're going through Kingston now.
Think they said this was Dorich House Museum..... very fancy anyway!
Oh yes! Putney Vale Cemetery, we've been there!
This is the Asda stop at one end of the cemetery, you'd need to get off here coming from Kingston, but there's another stop at the other end of the cemetery if you're coming in from Putney. You could walk through the cemetery to get to this stop to get the bus back to Putney.
That's the cemetery over there.
Then we went past here....
there's a pub there.
And that's Putney Heath!
This is the stop for the Green Man pub on the outskirts of Putney itself.
Traffic was arse to elbow going through town....
There's the station
And there's that art deco building we took pictures of for Sandy's competition!
Then we went over Putney Bridge
In two goes!
And then got off at the last stop!! We had to double back a bit to get the next bus.
Oh, statue!!
Here we go!! We've got a choice of buses from here.
BUS BINGO!! We got the 14!!
They got this!!
And we're off!
Oh wow!!!
That's the Old Brompton Cemetery!!
Oooo, another art deco?? We're seeing a ton of them today!
Ooo posh building!!
There's South Kensington Station!
And the Natural History Museum!
And the V&A!
Oh, funny!
And we finally got off here at Hyde Park Corner again!!
And we just need to get the last bus of the day....!
Which is the 52 again!
Which dropped us off back here! What a day!
We quickly used the facilities in the station and left them a CD.
And then walked down to the coach station
We left another CD on the railings.....
And this one as well!
And then it was time to get our coach home!
We got our own window seat too!
And we're off!
OoooOOOoOOoo!
Love that bridge!
It's really pretty!
Interesting part of town this is.
Andrea got us some sarnies so we ate them as we were hungry...!
Hammersmith rainbow!!
We made Heathrow in good time.....
And had some more Jaffa cakes!!
YUMMMM!!
We made Gatwick in good time too, and the coach was packed because there was no trains between here and Brighton.
OOooo we're in Brighton! Nearly home!!
And they dropped us off here bang on time!!! We just had to run over the road and we were home!
What a fab day out!!
