We got up early for a Sunday, because we're going on an expedition!!
So we headed to the bus stop....
And got off at the last stop, at the train station!
UH-OH!!! There's loads of Police cars and several areas had been taped off!!
It's a big crime scene!!!
Not wanting to get arrested, we scooted off to use the facilities before we got on the train!
And then our train arrived and we got on, and got a window seat!
And we're off!!
OOOOOooooooo!! We're going to London!!
When we got off, we had a wee in Westminster Abbey....
And left them a CD!!!!
And then we headed off to find our first bus of the day!!
Now, originally we wanted to get a number 17 bus, but the bus stop said there wouldn't be any until after 2pm!! And according to Google, there was a 10,000K running event around the area we wanted to go to, so we had to re-arrange our plans slightly.
So since I'm a proper whizz on the buses now, we got on the number 35!!!
We gave them a beer mat!!!
And then we headed over the Thames!!!
We got off in the financial district near Liverpool Street Station, and decided to have a little walk down the road to the next bus stop.
We left another beer mat along the way!
And went past these wibbly wobbly sculpture things!!!
And our next bus stop is just down there at Finsbury Square!
Ah! There it is!
BUS BINGO ALERT!! We got the number 214!
They got a CD!
And we're off...!!
Oooo, I think I know where we are now!!
Yep, St Pancras Station!!
See!!!
The next bus stop is this one!!
BUS BINGO ALERT!!! It's the 91, the last number on Bob's bingo card!
They got a beer mat!
We got off at Upper Woburn something, which is near Euston Station and then walked back to the main road.
There's that big Church with exhibition space and they had some sculptures in the grass in front!
We walked over to Euston Station, but the bus we want didn't leave from here so......
We walked back to the main road - ah! There's our bus stop!!!
BUS BINGO ALERT!!! We got a number 18!!
They got a CD!
OH! There's the BT tower!
And that pub has a Globe on their sign!
Ooooo!
We got off here at Edgeware road.....
And walked down to Sussex Gardens!
We came past here on the bus and thought it was yarn bombing but it isn't....!
But it's really colourful with LED lighting as well!!!
Isn't it fab!!
That's so much fun!
It's called Helter Skelter The Garden!
We love it!
We left a beer mat on the railing
(Ed's note: this got claimed today on our other blog!!)
We then walked along the road a bit and we started to get hungry - and then found a pub called The Monkey Puzzle!!
They had this on their wall!
And a menu which we perused!! We went in and asked for a burger but they said their kitchen didn't open for another hour. So we left.
We turned up this road towards St Mary's Hospital and saw this Italian restaurant!
We like Pizza, so we went to investigate!
We perused the menu and went to go inside. But Andrea spotted a sign on the door saying "Credit Card Payments only" and she's in between credit cards (the new one hasn't arrived). So we left.
We saw this next door. Yeah, I understand how he feels.
Then we saw this place over the road. We checked it out and they take cash!
We went in!!!
We perused the menu and then ordered!!
First we got a fizzy drink..... and then started chewing our ankles.....!!
And then we got this HuMONGous fish and chips!!!
The batter on the fish was a bit chewy, but it certainly filled a hole in our tummies!!
After lunch, we headed up to the main road and went down that way.
We met Paddington Bear!
And saw a display case set in a train carriage!!
Then we arrived at Paddington Station and saw that weird orange blob thing that we've spotted from the bus. Still no clue what it is though.
We also found a statue of a Policeman blowing a chewing gum bubblg!!!
Oh that's funny!!!
They've also got a curly whirly yellow and red thing too!
Interesting....!
There's another statue of a guard in a bearskin hat!
Then we went downstairs to say hello to Paddington Bear!
There was a load of people lining up to have their pictures taken with him so we just shouted hello and moved on!
We saw the Paddington Bear bench to!
Then we headed off to the next bus stop - and saw that big animal statue again!
The next stop is down there.....
Here it is!!
BUS BINGO ALERT!! We're getting the 46!
They got a beer mat!
You can ride a barge from the Grand Union Canal from here all the way to Manchester, did you know that?
This is Little Venice, which is on the Regents Canal.
It goes from here to Camden.....
And then all the way to Limehouse in East London!
Where the Limehouse Mission building is!! Me and Sandy saw that last year!
Then we went through Maida Vale....
And past the Lords Cricket Ground....
See?!
And then we went through St Johns Wood which is the other side of Regents Park (Baker Street Station and Madame Tussauds is the other side)
There's some very posh buildings here....
And probably very expensive too
This is a long bus ride, too!
Ooooo! Pretty!!! We came through Camden Town down the side of St Pancras Station (the British Library side) where we got off the bus
We went in the side entrance to the station and used the facilities again and left them a CD!
Then we dribbled over the Laduree caykes! They didn't have any honey caykes left and those are my favourite.
Oooo, Fortnum's have Halloween window displays!!!
Oooo!!
LET'S GO IN!!!!
(we'll show you later!)
Then we headed off to our platform - we didn't have long to wait for our train!
And we managed to get a window seat near the front of the train!!!
We arrived at Blackfriars Station which was super busy - but then that 10,000K running event would be finished by now, so maybe everyone's going home as well.
And by the time we were coming into London Bridge Station, the train was rammed SOLID nose to armpit with standing room only people ALL THE WAY DOWN THE TRAIN!!!!! And it stayed that way all the way to Gatwick!!! I've never know this train so blinkin' busy!!!
But we're nearly home now.....!!
And here we are!!! Hurrah!!
And we didn't have to wait long to get our bus home!
We got off at the last stop and trotted off home!
We got some choccie chip cookies because they didn't have any macadamia nut ones. But these are our second favourite Bis Kwits!!!
We also found a boot lace and a large See Kwin too!
What a fun day out!!!
