Great flight over courtesy of a lovely flat bed from QANTAS. The first leg was in economy, but all ok, as sat in front of the babies basket with heaps of leg room. Got to cluck over someone else’s grand baby. Baby Zara was just perfect and slept and laughed the whole way to Dubai. Easy two hour stopover in Dubai. It was over 40 outside and you could feel the heat radiating through the windows, but a shower, and change of boarding pass, to the top and pointy end, was fantastic. Sat beside a lovely pilot, had beautiful lunch, some champagne and slept soundly until arrival into Heathrow. Was a good time to arrive as through security super quick, Heathrow Express and then a cab to the really comfortable St Pancras Premier Inn.
I love the Premier Inns. They might all look the same, and are a budget chain, but they are amazingly clean, great beds and so quiet. They offer a guaranteed good night sleep and have a million pillows to choose from so very happy here.
London was grey and overcast but tshirt weather and dry so headed out for a three hour walk. It was just lovely. I walked down from Euston Road through Bloomsbury and Mayfair to Green Park. Being Sunday it was pretty quiet, and I poked around in gorgeous Swedish and Danish furniture shops on the way (I don’t think I can justify a shipping container but seriously tempted.)
The walk through the park was lovely and then to Lizzie’s house and then on to Hyde Park. I had coffee when visiting Nelson, and the lions were still in place, with little kids climbing all over them. I had a great wander through the seriously cool Covent Garden market. The balloons are from there and then through Covent Garden, where the lads were all out with a wee pint. 18 kms later I staggered home to a pint of Magners and fish and chips and tumbled into bed at 8pm. Of course was wide awake at 1, 3 and 5. Dialled into a teleconference at home, and now sitting at the British Library drinking coffee ( really need to find some Aussie baristas .. There are lots here cause the coffee is seriously bad) but being surrounded by original Beatle music etc is pretty cool. It rained early this morning but grey and dry at the moment. It is a Bank holiday here and the BBC Good Food festival is on at Henry’s house at Hampton Court so headed there with my brolly. It is great having Kings Cross over the road, as super quick to Waterloo. Excited to be back in London .. Honestly I could sit here for a week people watching. Already this morning there has been amazing hairstyles, seriously cool clothes, whoops I spoke too soon. Now pouring outside , but the group of young lads with towels on their heads have just walked past, so even in rain, highly entertaining. Well at least I have been here lots of times and know that you have to pack for every weather in one day. It looks like it might be Henry then the mummies.
Sleeping under the stars 