Beanie And The Big French Storm, Day One!

 Last Sunday, Andrea told me to start packing because we're going on Another Big Adventure!!!

 How exciting!!  OK, all done and ready to go!!

 And then it was a short walk up the road......

 Just in time for the next train to London!!!

 We got a window seat too!!  It was very busy on the train too.

 But they all got off at Clapham Junction, the stop before ours.  We left a weathergram on the table too!!

 And here we go across the Thames!!

 Andrea needed to take a pee, so while she was doing that, I left another weathergram on the door, and a tag that Fleur sent us from America!!!

 Then it was off to get a bus!!  There's a number 73 waiting for us!!  They knew we were coming!!

And we tied another weathergram to the seat in front!!  HAHA!!!

 And here we are going up Oxford Street.  It's really busy down here.....

 And we got off outside the British Library again!!

 We're staying here again tonight!!

 We got a room on the first floor this time, and a bottom bunk too!!  It was a four bunk room and we had a French lady, a Chinese lady and a South African lady as room mates!!  That's REALLY international!

 There's our view.....

 After we'd dumped our bags, we had a little stroll.  Andrea said she had to Check Something Out first....

 And after she did that, we went in here!!!

 This is a funny seat you know..... it has a ball and chain on it so nobody can nick it.

 And it looks like an open book!!!!!

We went to see an exhibition of paintings from India..... all about the Mughal emperors!!!  One of the Forts they lived in was in a place called Ranthampore which is now deserted, and is part of a Tiger Reserve to protect tigers!!!!  How brilliant is that!!!

Anyway, we got a book there for Andrea's Mum's birthday which is next week.

By now, we were super hungry so we went over the road for lunch.  Fizzy drink......

And a pepperoni pizza!!!  YUMMMMMM....!!

Then we had a bit of a wander round and found another drain cover.  Don't think I've got this in my collection......

We saw a sticker with a funny animal on it!!  (NOT ME!!!!!   THE STICKER!!!!)

We tied another of Fleur's tags to a park railing too!!

OH!!  This is a no-poo zone!!!  They have no-poo zones in London!!!!

Saw some pretty flowers too.....

And then we were knackered so we went to bed!!  The adventure continues ........!!!

Updated cable box collection!!

OK, so this is the updated cable box grafitti art with all the boxes together, starting with the Piranha Fish!!!  RAAHHHRRR!

We found loads more graffitti'd cable boxes recently!!!  First of all, this new kitty one.....

Then a new Christmassy one....

And a new cassette one......

And a new blue Meanie one....!

But he might be a yeti, I'm not sure.....

We found some more grafitti'd cable boxes!! These three are the sides and front of a new alligator 

And these two are next to each other and "join up" to make "23"!! 

 Well, first post of 2013, and it's the updated grafitti'd cable box collection!  The first three were from my last walk around town in December....... and I've spotted some more new ones since!!

 This is the side shot of the Christmas tree below......

We found another three grafitti'd cable boxes recently - two more badgers (they used to be the Blue Meanies posted lower down) and another cassette lord!

We spotted five more grafitti'd cable boxes recently, so have now made a point of photographing them!!

We start with a Blue Meanie.

These are special buses called "The Big Lemon" that run out to the University.  They work on cooking oil instead of petrol!!!

Another Blue Meanie.... They painted this over the Dino Rox Box.  George is Very Upset.

This one's the newest, I think.  It's a Lemur!!

Here are some more cable box thingies that I found in the last couple of months that have been decorated!

at the time of posting (4th Sept 2012) I've spotted another three new ones that I need to go photograph!!

This badger and monkey are next to each other!!

That's the last of the current "new batch"!!

We found the above and the badger back in May 2012. 

The ones after the badger was the start of the collection!!!

 While we've been walking around over the last couple of weeks, we've spotted some decorated electric/telephone cable boxes!!!!!  So we've started a new photo collection!!

 This one has a portrait on it!!!

 And this one is a snowman!!!!!  And he doesn't melt in the sun either!!!

 The side had a happy christmas message on it!!

 Hmmmm....

 I think this one's my favourite!!!  We see this one from the bus when we go to work!!!

I think they made this one specially for George and Dilly!!!

 Numbers, as well....

And a scarey monster too!!

Found in Poole Valley, Brighton in February 2011

This lady was found in near Churchill Square on July 22nd 2012

 This is a new grafitti box that I walk past on the way to work!!!  Found in Brighton in April 2012

And this one, after the Dino Rox Box, is my favourite!!