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!!!

A day out in London

 

We got up silly early today, but we're going somewhere!!!  We didn't go to the usual bus stop either.

We came here, to Hove train station!

We're going to London!!!

We arrived in plenty of time to get a window seat on our train too!

And we're off!

OH LOOK!  There's a plane coming in!!!

See?!?!

And then we crossed the River Thames!  We've arrived!

We're not getting a bus today though - we're going by underground!

We had to change lines here.....

And missed getting a decent photo of the mosaics at Tottenham Court Road!  D'OH!!

We got off here.  South Woodford in North London....??!

And by the time we'd come through the ticket barriers, it was TIPPING it with rain!!!

And we have a 20 minute walk to get to where we're going!!!!  D'OH!!

But we eventually arrived here - we're doing the shamanic drumming thing today!!

Hurrah!

Andrea was so excited, she ended up getting a fuzzy photo of the altar!!

We did lots of drumming and after lunch Andrea did some healing too - just as well because her hands were really hot.  I'm surprised she didn't scorch anyone's clothes!

And then it was time to come home...... we've had fun today!

Here we are .......

I like coming here....

We had to change lines here again...

And then got off here at the mainline station.

We had to wait a little bit for the train but we got another window seat again!

There's Battersea Power Station!

And we crossed the Thames again!

We  had a bit of a snooze on the train and only got a bit of the Balcombe viaduct crossing...!

And then got off here!

All we had to do now was scoot off down the road to get home.

We saw this written on the pavement!

And we did.  Hope you had an amazing day too.....

A day out.

 

Today Andrea got up really early and got ready to go out...... and I insisted she take me with her!!

We went up to the train station!

The train we got on was mega busy so we couldn't really take any pictures.....

But we came into London!!!

Oh, we not going by bus??!

Oooooo love the mosaics here!!

We got off here!!  We met someone here and then walked off up the road...

.....for a shamanic drumming do!  We worked with the snow bear today (not a polar bear, those are different) and the coyote who's the trickster like Loki.  Coyote makes us really concentrate and focus on what we need help with from the snow bear.  We also made a herb offering (into the red and blue basket top left) - ours was oregano and white sage that our friend had brought.

After a fab day there, we stopped for coffee on the way back to the station, and then went to get the train.

Our friend had to get back to Waterloo but we got off here.

And then went to get the bus!

It's the 205!!

They got a peace card

Oh that looks a bit art deco, doesn't it?  With the curved corners.

And here's Old Street Station

Ooo posh!

Oh I know where we are now!

There's Kings Cross over there!

And there's St Pancras!

Really like that building!

It's time to get home!

Oh!  New window dressings!!

Let's go in!!!!!!!

We'll show you what we bought later!!

Oh!!  Our train is due in about four minutes!   Excellent!

We got a window seat as well!

Here's Blackfriars Station

Oh, there's the Shard over there!

On the way to London Bridge!

And then we snoozed all the way home!!

Not long to wait for our bus back, either

And we got off here!

We got some more coffee because we're almost run out AND we got some bis kwits!!!

Our friend gave us a bag of white sage

And this is one of the tobacco offerings that were available if you forgot to bring your own.

We might send this one to Helena, though, if she'd like to have it.

What a fab day out!