Today, we had workmen turn up at home to replace the living room and kitchen windows. Since it was going to be really loud and boshy at home, we decided to leave them to it, and whizz up to London for a quick day out.
So we walked up to the nearest train station and got on a train that was proper jam packed busy! But we managed to get a seat next to a very friendly sossidge dog that liked licking Andrea's hands all the time!!! He even tried getting on Andrea's lap, the silly beggar!!!!
Anyway, we got off at Victoria Station - what next, Jeeves?
We went up to this bus stop.....
And got a C10 bus!!! BUS BINGO ALERT!!!!
They got a beer mat!
And we're off!
That's the sculpture at Pimlico Station!
We got off here and left a CD on these railings!
We're at the Tate Britain!
We're going to see this!!! We originally planned to go on a weekend, but this is all sold out on weekends for the next three weeks, but since today's a Wednesday, we get to just waltz in and by a ticket!!
And we got in half price too!!! Then we had to walk up these stairs....
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And here's the expedition entry!
The first bit was all about Raves in abandoned buildings and big fields in the middle of nowhere
Andrea says she never did that kind of thing.
All looks a bit mad!
Then later on, it got to the strange fashion designs....
And then a strange mirror that turned everything upside down!!
But do you see what we did there???!
Andrea held me upside down so that I looked right way up in the mirror!!! Hahahahaaaa!!
We saw some interesting paintings here.
And some more strange fashion stuff. There was a lot of REALLY WEIRD stuff, including a shark in formaldehyde that a chap called Damien Hirst did (he was part of a thing called Brit Pop along with Tracy Emin and they did strange stuff calling it "art") and also some decapitated male mannequins with bits cut off (not just heads and limbs) with fake blood all over them. Definitely NOT for a friendly family blog like this one.
But these are kinda just a mild strange!
And this one's funny.... she's on a swing and kicked off one of her shoes!
Hmm
Well we didn't spend too much time in there because it was so odd, so we used the facilities and left them a beer mat and then washed our paws carefully and then whizzed round the gift shop (we'll show you later)
And then we headed off for lunch!!
So we went back the corner....
And got to our bus stop.....
And got another C10 bus!
They got a beer mat too!
And then we got off here to wait for another bus!
BUS BINGO ALERT! We got a 360 bus!
They got a beer mat too!
Where are we going now?
OOOOoo, hang on!
That's Battersea Power Station over there!!
Do you see those lamp posts? They've got ships on top!
Oh, there's the Sloane Club!! Do you think they'd let us in?
Oooo, that's pretty!
Oh I recognise that! It's the Michelin building!
With the fancy tiles of racing cars on the side!
See?!
And they've got a fancy bush above the door!
And then we got off here at South Kensingston Station!!
We're having lunch here at Pierino's!!
First we got a fizzy drink
And then we got a risotto made with large prawns and saffron....
We took a better picture on Andrea's phone - slightly out of focus, but it really was that colour!!
YELLOW!!!!!
Then we went off to get the last bus of the day from here.
BUS BINGO ALERT!!! We got the C1 bus!!
They got a beer mat too!
That's the Natural History Museum!
And there's the V&A!
We like this bus ride!!
Went past a little park too!
And then got off at the last stop, here!!!
We had to wait a little bit for our train, but we got a window seat, so we're happy!
There's Battersea Power station again!
And we crossed over the Thames!
And then over Balcombe viaduct!
And then got off where we started!!! We just had to walk home!
When we got back, our windows were all sorted out, so first Andrea spent about an hour getting the curtains back up and all the furniture in the proper place so we could sit down and have dinner...... we got some postcards and some button badges from the Tate which we can use as bingo prizes.
That was a nice little day out, that was!
