We got up early today and went out....
We're going on an expedition!!
Ooh we're getting a train somewhere!!
And we got a window seat too!!
And we're off!!
We're going to London!!
There's the Shard over there..... I think!!
Yep, we're at London Bridge!!
We got off and went down to the Underground!!!
We went to Canary Wharf! We're going to find some Canaries!!!
Right, well we had to ask for directions, because Andrea didn't know how to get to the canaries.
We rode a tandem bike on the way!!
Ah!! Directions!!
Ummm... we had to ask some other people for directions because we got hopelessly lost.
Andrea's good at doing that!!
AHA!!! We need to go over the footbridge which is really scary because the edges have holes in them! It triggered Andrea's vertigo loads!!
But we made it!!
It's a strange place this, you know...!!
But we found where the canaries are!!! It's the Docklands museum and they've got a Secrets of the Thames expedition about mudlarking!!!
We were a little early but we went in..... they had mock-ups of the foreshore.
And little statues of mudlarks!
OH WOW!!
Ooooo!!
Oh WOW!!!
OH WOWWW!!!
And an entire glass bottle!!! It was a big one too!!
Prehistoric antlers??!?! Wow!
Oh gosh....
The last object was the moon - it's the moon that creates the tides, you see.
Lara Maiklem said that - we've read her mudlarking book!
We got lots of new bus bingo prizes from the gift shop (we'll show you later!) and then headed off.
That was really interesting in there!!
We went back a different way so we didn't have to do the scary footpath!
Oooo!!! Stripey rainbows!
Fun huh?!
Ah, we're going this way
Robot!!
Here we are!!
We're going in there!!
#And got off here!!!
I know this place!! We've been here before!!
Right now.... what bus are we getting?
BUS BINGO!! It's the C10!!
They got a little card!
And we're off!
We got off here at the youth hostel but we're not staying over.
We walked down here....
And found a snowdrop!
And then we came here because the tide was out!!!
Oh! Wonder if the doggie played with that rope?!?!
No clue what that might be!!
Oh gosh, this is fun!
We're off to see someone now.....
We went past these
And past the Brunel Museum
And came here!!! It's the old Simplicity building!
Except it's a bakery cafe now, run by new people and it's their opening day today!
Apparently she's thinking of having art workshops and art exhibitions here so we contacted her saying we might be able to take part and she said to pop in today..... so we did! She was crazy busy though so we just gave her Andrea's business card so we can chat later.
We tried one of her sausage rolls which was absolutely scrumptious!
And we got some little shoo buns too - we ate one straight away and saved the other two for later.
They're nommy!!
Like REALLY nommy!! One's chocolate and one's pistachio and the other one...... isn't!!!
Then we set off to get another bus!
Bus Bingo Alert!!! It's the 381
They got a smile card!
And we're off!
We got off at London Bridge station and walked round the corner and came here, to Tas!
We were starving hungry so we're stopping for lunch!
We had red lentil soup which was fab
And then a chicken shish - which didn't come with the usual couscous but it still tasted fab!
We got a piece of Turkish Delight afterwards!! Hurrah!
Then we had to walk up the road to find our next bus stop.... You can see the Walkie Talkie building with the dark grey centre (just above the bus) and then the building on the left hand side of it is the Cheesegrater.
Aha, here we are!
BUS BINGO ALERT!! It's the number 35!!
They got a card too!
Then we crossed over the Thames!!
And saw a strange sculpture!!
We got off at Liverpool Street Station and saw a cycle bus powered by people drinking beer!!!
We're going down this way....
We're going to Spitalfields Market!!
We found some elephants there too!
They're fun!!! We found a market stall run by Cafe Art which helps homeless people earn a bit of cash (a bit like the Big Issue) and we bought some cards that will also make good bus bingo prizes.
And then we headed back
I like these elephants!
We walked down here
And found the next bus stop!
That's the view the other way, with the Gherkin!
BUS BINGO ALERT!!! Last bus of the day, the 205!
They got a card too!
This bus is busy....
We're at Angel now
And we got off here at St Pancras station!
It's home time....!
Oh! Our train is in about 5 minutes! Excellent!
We got a window seat too!
We went through Blackfriars station
And then made out way to London Bridge
There's the top of the Walkie Talkie again!
And then we snoozed all the way home!!
Just gotta get a bus now.
We got off the bus here and then ran home!!
We got all these from the Docklands Museum.....
Those are the shoo buns, that's my dinner sorted!!
And those are the cards we got!
We found a chonky piece of greenish glass too...
It's very pretty!
And also an odd rock, never seen one that colour before!!
What a fun day out!!
