Woke at 8am when Pauline came in, had breakfast and packed.
Derek drove Jill and I to Crewe station, leaving at 9.25. Crewe station fairly big and busy. We got on the train and got a seat OK. The mobile phones in the train carriage were mad - they were going off every 10 seconds!! We got a bit held up outside London, and came to our destination about half an hour late.
The first thing that we did in Euston was deposit my big bag - that cost £4. We decided to try to find the Royal National so I knew where it was, and so I could get some London info. We made it to Bedford Square OK, but the assumption that Bedford Way branched off it wasn't quite right. We finally rang the hotel on Jill's mobile and found that it was actually off Russell Square. On the way there we stopped at Eve's and had some very salty spaghetti bolognaise in a very small, very smoky eating area. There was a downpour while we were inside thank god!!
We walked past Jill's UCL (University College London) campus and finally found the hotel. Then, we even found the Contiki office in there, and after waiting for some time, got a handful of info and brochures to read.
After this, we headed to the underground at Russell Square and bought a four zone travelcard (wonderful inventions these things) with which you can travel in these zones as many times as you want all day.
We headed to Oxford Circus to look at the shops. Jill and I split up - she went to M&S and Next, and I went to HMV. I'd been hoping to find Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway and FIND IT I DID!! YAY! It was only £10.99. There was an excellent Beatles section, and I also found some James Morrison - YAY!! Jill and I met up again and she showed me some things in Next - there were some cool tops I wanted, but they only came in 3s. POO.
Now we got the underground to Waterloo to have a look at the London Eye. IT'S SO COOL. It was a glorious afternoon and the South Bank looked beautiful. We would have gone on the Eye only the next session boarding was 6-6.30 and we'd be too late.
We went to Camden Market on the tube and I bought some M&S ready-made meals. Got the tube back to Euston and I collected my bag. Got the tube (plus connection) to Highbury and Islington where we changed to an overground train to Alexandra Palace.
We walked to Sarah's - it only took about 7 mins but it felt like FOREVER (bloody heavy bag). Angus presented Jill and me with a glass of red wine. Eliza gave us the tour of the house. Angus then gave me a welcome card and put plastic spiders in my bed. The wine went to my head coz I was so tired. Jill read Angus and Eliza a story and Sarah put me on her computer to play online while she and Jill went out. I was there for about two hours and managed to get completely up to date with emails and website and crashed pretty hard at a bit after 10pm.
Derek drove Jill and I to Crewe station, leaving at 9.25. Crewe station fairly big and busy. We got on the train and got a seat OK. The mobile phones in the train carriage were mad - they were going off every 10 seconds!! We got a bit held up outside London, and came to our destination about half an hour late.
The first thing that we did in Euston was deposit my big bag - that cost £4. We decided to try to find the Royal National so I knew where it was, and so I could get some London info. We made it to Bedford Square OK, but the assumption that Bedford Way branched off it wasn't quite right. We finally rang the hotel on Jill's mobile and found that it was actually off Russell Square. On the way there we stopped at Eve's and had some very salty spaghetti bolognaise in a very small, very smoky eating area. There was a downpour while we were inside thank god!!
We walked past Jill's UCL (University College London) campus and finally found the hotel. Then, we even found the Contiki office in there, and after waiting for some time, got a handful of info and brochures to read.
After this, we headed to the underground at Russell Square and bought a four zone travelcard (wonderful inventions these things) with which you can travel in these zones as many times as you want all day.
We headed to Oxford Circus to look at the shops. Jill and I split up - she went to M&S and Next, and I went to HMV. I'd been hoping to find Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway and FIND IT I DID!! YAY! It was only £10.99. There was an excellent Beatles section, and I also found some James Morrison - YAY!! Jill and I met up again and she showed me some things in Next - there were some cool tops I wanted, but they only came in 3s. POO.
Now we got the underground to Waterloo to have a look at the London Eye. IT'S SO COOL. It was a glorious afternoon and the South Bank looked beautiful. We would have gone on the Eye only the next session boarding was 6-6.30 and we'd be too late.
We went to Camden Market on the tube and I bought some M&S ready-made meals. Got the tube back to Euston and I collected my bag. Got the tube (plus connection) to Highbury and Islington where we changed to an overground train to Alexandra Palace.
We walked to Sarah's - it only took about 7 mins but it felt like FOREVER (bloody heavy bag). Angus presented Jill and me with a glass of red wine. Eliza gave us the tour of the house. Angus then gave me a welcome card and put plastic spiders in my bed. The wine went to my head coz I was so tired. Jill read Angus and Eliza a story and Sarah put me on her computer to play online while she and Jill went out. I was there for about two hours and managed to get completely up to date with emails and website and crashed pretty hard at a bit after 10pm.
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