MORE LONDON ADVENTURES

I had a plan to walk from Waterloo Station along Southbank, past Shakespeares Globe Theatre and the Tate Modern art gallery, Millenium Bridge through to London Bridge. A wonderful idea if the weather cooperated.

Instead at Waterloo I caught a bus to Russell Square which sounded familiar. It was close to where I stayed before I came to Lewisham. Still raining so I stopped to have some lunch. Because most of the shops here are in old buildings they do not have awnings outside them. That means no shelter from the rain.

After lunch I decided to walk towards a more populated area. Thought I was walking towards the centre of town but soon found myself near St Pancras and Euston stations. Totally the wrong direction!

Then found a bus that said Victoria Station on it so I caught that. Every place we went past I had been to before so I could not be bothered going there again. It was just shops, shops shops. When I got to Victoria station I discovered I could get a train from there directly back to Lewisham. Best plan. No point in tripping around London to places I have already seen. It was still too wet to go walking far.

This was seen on London buses, advertising the Book of Mormon musical.

Saw my second London show. The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. It has been running for 62 years. I really enjoyed it. Although I think I missed a few seconds in the first half. I got a front row seat near the centre. A lady and her husband sat next to me. They were from Perth. At half time we all moved back a couple of rows so we could see a bit more of the stage. From there it was a ten minute walk to Charing Cross station to catch a train that went straight to Lewisham. 

I got into trouble taking photos in the theatre. I knew not to take photos during a performance but I hadn't read the signs that said no photography. Just as i was taking one of the theatre seating I was told to stop so that photo was all blurry. Oh well - I got the stage curtains.