Expedition, Art Deco and an end-to-end bus ride!!

We went off to the bus stop this morning..... Andrea's got the day off!!

So where are we going today then?

Ooo excellent!  A proper day out!!

We made quick use of the facilities and left them a CD!

Didn't have to wait long for the train, and we got a window seat too!!

And we're off!

Ooo there's MillWall football stadium!

And there's the shard!

We're off towards Blackfriars now!

And we end up at Blackfriars too!  But we didn't get off there

We got off here!!

Where are going now, Jeeves?

We used the facilities and left them a floppy disc.....

And then headed off to the Euston Road

We're going to an expedition!!!!

Oh how fun!  We haven't seen an expedition here for ages....

We left a bookcrossing book in the courtyard

OH!!  They've got beasts living there!!

Right then!  LET'S GO IN!!!

I'm excited now!

OOOOOOoooooooooo!!

Come on!  It's this way!

GASP!

There were lots of children round there with a storyteller!

Ooo a mini pop up theatre!

Let's go here!!

Oh wow!!  There's so much to see here - we'll make a separate post for all the photos though, we took loads of them!

It's the gingerbread house!!!

There's the front door!

Oh puppets of Hansel and Gretel!

There's another pop up book!

OH!!

Cinderella's slipper!

UH-OH!!

Ooooo what potion shall we make?

OH!  A talking mirror!!

OOoooooooooOOOOOoooOOO  I'm feeling squiffy looking in this mirror!!!

Now then...... lets go see the dragons.....

Oh!!  We get to cross the bridge guarded by trolls!!

Oh that was so much fun!!!  

It's nearly lunch time now, so we're going to head off.

We spotted this bloo plark!

And left a CD hanging here.

Ooo pretty!

And left a floppy disc here!

And then came here for lunch!!

We got a fizzy drink

And plaice and chips!!!  We scoffed the whole lot!

Right then.  What are we doing this afternoon then?

We're getting a bus from here.....

BUS BINGO ALERT!!!  We're getting the number 30 bus all the way to the end!!

We sat upstairs at the front and left a CD here!

And we're off!!!

There's a light house over there!!

Ooo..... 

That's the White Lion of White Lion Street!!

Interesting reflections!

Oh I know where we are!!!  That's Islington Green up there!

We're in Islington!

Ooh!

Oh wow!!!

That's fancy!!

Oh, they're Almshouses!

Oh, almost missed the murial!!

Interesting mix of buildings though but not as run down as some parts of the east end.

Oh, that looks slightly art deco, doen't it?

Ooo more posh mansion type buildings!!

Oh, this is an interesting ride....!

Don't get to see many elevated train tracks.....

Oh, we got a train going past!

Oh Oh, it's a freight train!!!!

Coo, this is fun!

OH WOW!!!!!

And we got turfed off here at the very last stop!!!

We left a magic card here and went for a little walk before getting the bus back.

Left a floppy disc here

Oh wow!!!

Left another magic card here....

And another floppy disc here!

And then went back to the bus stop, which was literally across the road from where we got off.

They got a magic card too!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!!  It's the number 30 bus again!

They got a CD too!!

And we're off!!

There's the tiger building again!!

That's just amazing!!

And there's another murial!!

Pretty colours!

Wow, there's another!

There's Hackney Town Hall!  The Hackney Empire is next door to that but we weren't quick enough with our camera!!

Bit of a blockade here!

There's a little market through there!!

That looks slightly art deco too, specially the balconies.

Can you see the gherkin building in the distance?!!

See?!?!

More graffiti

This looks slightly familiar.....

Looks a bit like Islington....

Yep, Islington Town Hall!!

Yeah I know where we are now!

That's St Mary's Church

And Islington Green!! Street Cat Bob's statue is over there!

Been here loads of times!

Ooo posh!

fancy huh?!

Oh we're nearly back at the station now!!

Just round here....

See?!  It's time to go home now!

What a fab day out!

That's the Fortnum & Mason's window.

Oh wow!!

And only 2 minutes for our train!!!

Window seat again, huzzah!!

Arriving at Blackfriars

And then went towards London Bridge

And over the viaduct!!!

And here we are back in Brighton!!!

OH!!  There's our bus!!!!!!!!!!

Well that was handy, wasn't it?!?!?

We bought some postcards from the British Library before we left.....

What a lovely day out!!!