Pirate printing and food.....!

We set off early today, without doing our usual food shopping!!

We're going somewhere!!!

Got a window seat on the train - excellent!!

And we're off!

Ooo, there's the Battersea Power Station chimneys over there!!

We're crossing the Thames!!

AHA!!  Now then, we're getting a bus now......

Here's our stop!

And we didn't have to wait long either!!!  BUS BINGO ALERT!!  It's the C1!

They got a CD tied to the hand rail!

Oh that's pretty!

Oooo!

Those town houses are rather posh.....

And there's Horrids!!!

We got off here at South Kensington!  We're meeting up with someone but we're a bit early.  But we need to do a little reccie trip to make sure we go the right direction..... and while we were doing that, we accidentally found Jef who we're meeting up with!!

We walked down to Onslow Square to do some pirate printing (we'll show you the result later!) and thought we'd do one manhole cover, but there turned out to be a whole bunch of them!

This is the one we knew about already

And that's the one we printed from.

After that we were getting a bit peckish so we went back to South Kensington to find somewhere to eat.

We all got a brunch type meal - we got eggs benedict on toast with bacon, with a watermelon, pomegranite and something drink with a sprig of mint in.  It was yummy!

After a good long chat, we decided to walk over to the V&A museum for a proper look round.  I think we did the entire ground floor, plus the courtyard plus the cafe at the back!!!  We stopped for coffee and cayke and suddenly heard live music .... turns out a little 10 year old girl in a sparkly Mickey Mouse hat started playing classical music (completely from memory!) and absolutely professional concert standard!  It was brilliant!!  She got a very loud round of applause!!

Later on, we walked up to Hyde Park and I left a CD on the railing!

And we walked round the Serpentine and had an icecream too.  We had to eat it quickly because it was melting, so there's no photographs of that!

It's pretty here.....

We sat and watched the ducks for a while too!

All of a sudden it was half past five and we needed to head home!  So we walked down to Hyde Park Corner and got the 52 bus..... BUS BINGO ALERT!!!

And ended back at Victoria Station!

And our train was waiting for us!  Oh what a fab day out!!!

And then we left for home....

Crossed over the Thames

Love this bit....

And back at Hove!

We found a little fairy tree on the way back too

See?!

Good innit?!?!

Gotta be careful in my neighbourhood.  You could get hexxed.

That's our pirate printing from today.

Royal Academy, processions and buses.

We got up early this morning, because we're going on an expedition!!!

We got to the bus stop in time to get our bus.....

To the train station!!  Huzzah!

Then we got a window seat on our train!!

And we're off!!!

Ooooo is that Battersea Power Station over there??!

We're crossing the Thames!!!

Right ho, Jeeves, what bus are we getting??

BUS BINGO ALERT!!  We're getting the 38 bus!!

We gave them a floppy disc!

Where are we going now, then?

Ooo we're going past Hyde Park Corner now!!

Oh that's pretty....

And we got off here near Burlington Arcade!!!

Ooooo!

Ooooo!!

We're going to see the Royal Academy Summer Expedition!!!  Oh what fun!

What the heck is THAT???

Piggin' weird.....

Odd ....

Very odd indeed.....

We went in and took gazillions of photos.  These are the highlights.

WE'RE AN EXHIBIT PIECE!!!

That's made on the inside of a playing card box!!

And those are airmail envelopes doodled on the inside!!

Torture device???

After we had a good look round, we visited the gift shop (we'll show you later) and then used the facilities.  We gave them a CD and then washed our paws carefully.

Then we went to the cafe for a snak.  We had a fizzy drink, an eggy mayo cress in a brioche bap and a choccie brownie.  We scarfed the lot.

And then we went off for another expedition!

we left a god card on the bus information board

And then went and had a look down Burlington Arcade.

Pretty.....

House of Q?  The Q Continuum has a house in London?  Uh-oh

Then we went over the road to get a bus somewhere.

BUS BINGO ALERT!!  We got the number 9!!

They got a floppy disc too

We got off at Constitution Hill and there was a big parade coming down this end of Piccadilly!!!

We saw lots of ladies wearing saris dashing over to watch....

It's the Ratha Yatra procession which is a Hindu celebration!

Oh wow!!!  What a treat to see a bit of that!!

then we went past a big lion

to our next bus stop!

Oh hang on!!!!  Closed???!

Wait a minute though....

There's a temporary stop here we can use!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!!  It's the 148!

This bus was mega busy..... we managed to leave a floppy disc on the rail though.

We're going along the top edge of Hyde Park here.

They have an art expedition on too!!

That's posh...

We got off here at Notting Hill Gate 

And walked past this mosaic to the next bus stop

Here!!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!! It's the 328!!

They got a floppy disc as well!

And we're off!

Ooo i recognise that!  We're at High Street Kensington!!

And then we got off here!

And we're getting the next bus from the same stop!!

We had time to leave another god card here

and a CD here!!

BUS BINGO ALERT!!!  The C1 bus arrived!!!

They got a floppy disc too!!

And we're off!!

That's Earls Court Station!

Oh I know where we are!!!  This is South Kensington!!

Posh...

There's Horrids!

Big innit?!!

Those apartments are horrendously expensive....

And then we got off at the very last stop and left a CD on the railing here!!

Oh hang on!!!

A teapot!!!

Oh there's an art trail on!!!

We left another CD here....

And then it was time to go home!!

We did a spot of shopping at the Lush shop (we'll show you later) and then got another window seat on the train!!

And we're off!!

And here we are back home!!

Not too long for the bus....

We got off here and walked back home.

The poppies are still going strong!!

That's our list of works book

We got a couple of cards

And some postcards.

We got this from the Lush shop

And a bubble bar.

What a fun day out!!!