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Showing posts with label Fortnums and Masons. Show all posts
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Sunday, 30 August 2026

A day out in London......

We got up silly early this morning......

Because we're getting a train somewhere!!!

Our train was already there so we got on AND we have a window seat!!

And we're off!!

There's Millwall football pitch.....

And then we got off at London Bridge!!!  We're getting the Jubilee Line now!

And had to change here!

And then finally got off here!

We left a bookcrossing book on one of the benches before we headed off....

And we finally made it here!  We're going shamanic drumming today!

Today we used the bear skin..... we took turns in getting wrapped up in it and gave gratitude for things that have happened, good as well as bad, while everyone else drummed.   After that, we took turns with the pipe, we had to hold it in a particular way, and ask out loud for what we needed to help with what's to come.  After lunch we did some healing.  It was a terrific day..... even better when one lady bought a painting from Andrea!!!!  Yippee!!!!!

After we all packed up, we headed back to the underground station.

We went a different way back though, changing at Liverpool Street!!!

And then got off here ...... I know where we are now!!

Yeah, we usually walk past the top of these stairs, because we usually take the bus here!!

We had to pop in here quickly because we're getting short on coffee supplies.  (we'll show you later!)

Then we walked past the turquouise bee hive

Then went down to the platform.  We had to wait a bit for our train though

But it turned up on time and we got a window seat again!

Then we came through Blackfriars Station (but we didn't get off!)

There's the Shard over there!

Then we went towards London Bridge Station.....

And then we snoozed all the way home because we're tired!

And we're here!

We hopped on a bus back to here, and then it was just a short walk home.  And we met a lovely Golden Retriever dog who insisted on stopping to say hallo!!!  He was lovely!!

We decided to try a different coffee this time - the After Dinner blend.  We normally get the Piccadilly blend or Kings blend.
What a day!!!

Monday, 3 August 2026

An Expedition and lots of buses!!!


We got up early and had a cuppa tea so we could wake up a bit....

And then we went downstairs for breakfast!!  Andrew had a cooked breakfast and me and Kidney shared a kwussant.

Then we went back upstairs to pack our stuff up!

Then we had to head off out somewhere!

Where are we going?!?!

We went down to Blackfriars Bridge.....

And then went down onto the Thames bankside area......

And found another murial has been painted!!!

Oh wow!!!

Oh wow!!!  Apparently we're going to see this!!

There's Paddington!

Ooo, that's an interesting view!

We left a beer mat here....

We came Mudlarking here with Sandy Bear once.  Looks like the tide's going out.....

You could almost walk to that bridge pillar!!

It's pretty along here.....

And there's the Tate Modern!!

We had a bit of time to spare so we did some decorating!!

.....and here too!

There's a weird sculpture thing here!!

We're going to see this!!!

We left another CD here....

And another beer mat here....

And then we headed off to the main entrance!

LET'S GO IN!!!!

We had to go up to the third floor.....

OOOoo!!  Those are some of her dresses!

They're pretty!

Wow....

That's an oil painting on aluminium!

This one's interesting....

So's this.... !












In the last room, they had some of the products that have been Kahlo-ed!!

There's loads of them!!

LOADS, I tell you!!


After browsing the gift shop, we used the facilities and left them a CD

And then headed off downstairs.  We met a bear on the escalators!!!!!

Where to next, Jeeves?

We're going off this way - the tide's proper gone out now!

And then went up to the main road to get a bus!!

BUS BINGO!!!  It's the number 40!

They got a CD!

we crossed Blackfriars Bridge

And then got off here.  We had to double back a bit...


Then we had to wait here for a bit for the next bus.

BUS BINGO ALERT!  It's the number 26!

They got a beer mat!

We got off at Aldwych.

We had to walk round to the next bus stop.....

And got the number 87!!  BUS BINGO ALERT!

They got a beer mat too!

We dinged the bell outside Charing Cross station.  The bus stopped but he didn't open the doors.  Then the driver came round the corner to the next bus stop, and we dinged the bell again.  He stopped at the bus stop but didn't open the doors.  So we walked to the front of the bus and gave the driver a Very Hard Stare.
He opened the front doors and we got off.

We walked past a large wol!!

Then we walked across Trafalgar Square and up the road a bit and decided to have lunch here.

we got a fizzy drink

And a pizza!  It was yummy!!!!

Then we walked back across Trafalgar Square to find the next bus stop!

we found an elephant!

And left another CD on a railing!

And here's the next bus stop!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!  We got the number 88!

They got a beer mat!

And we're off!

We got off at Oxford Circus..... we have to up this road here and then turn left.

A bit further down Oxford Street, we found the next  bus stop.....!

It's the number 7!!

they got a CD

OH WOW!!!  That's an interesting idea for hiding a store front!!!!

this area's a bit posh!


And we got off here!!!  That's the Paddington Hilton!

We had to cross the road, and left a CD on the railing here

On the way to the next bus stop, we spotted an orange and yellow blob thing!!

Ah, here's our stop!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!  We got the number 27!

They got a beer mat....

There's some interesting buildings around here!

This one had pretty tiles on it!

And that's an art deco building!

Then we got the number 18 bus, the last bus of the day!

They got a beer mat as well!

We got off at the last stop, at Euston Station!

We left a CD here and then walked along to where we needed to go.

There's St Pancras!

It's time to go home!

OOOOOoo!!!  Fortnum and Mason's have a new window display!

It's the 100th birthday of Winnie the Pooh!!!

LET'S GO IN!!!

They got some special Winnie The Pooh honey chocolate and biscuits!

Ooooo!!!!  (We'll show you what we got later!)

We used the facilities and left another beer mat on the door.

Not long for our train....!

And we got a window seat!

We crossed Blackfriars Bridge....

And then headed over towards London Bridge

And then got well on the way to getting home!

And we arrived!!

Then we got the bus back home!

We got some more posh coffee and some Winnie The Pooh biskwits!

.....these won't last long......