London Still Rocks!

Now in the midst of three days in a row of Meetup , it's been a London Museums from A-Z (LoMAZ) weekend - yesterday was their bimonthly birthday bash, starting in Benugo Waterloo . The buses were playing with me, first not coming, then on their way.. as I told the group, I'd be fashionably late. And so it proved, with me arriving about 10 minutes after the scheduled time. Still ahead of most of the group though, who dribbled in gradually.. well done to the day's principal organiser for getting there first and securing a table! As we chatted, we unanimously decided that if there were to be a walk at all, as planned, it'd be within the station where we then were, due to the rain. And then our uber-organiser (Jonny) spotted the Well & Boot at the end of the concourse and decided to give that a try. So over there we schlepped, got a round in - I asked the barman whether he had Sauvignon Blanc and he said, "yes, would you like some?" - and spent a convivi...

Last Friday night, I was back with   London Social & Cultural Meetups , who were having a wander around the   National Portrait Gallery . Quite a rush to get out, what with getting the blog up to date.. it took half the day. So I didn't have time to eat before meeting them. The bus was a bit tardy - and Lord, it was crammed: and wow, the ignorance of some people; a guy with a crutch, walking stiffly, got on with me, and not ONE of all the kids occupying seats got up to let him sit. To add insult to injury, a couple of teenage girls blithely went and sat in a couple of seats, when they came available - he did manage to get a rear-facing seat at the same time, but I don't blame him for giving them a dirty look.. Anyway, I got to sit soon afterwards, and the crowds had mostly eased by the time I got off. The bus was finishing early, but happily was going far enough for me. Checking, it seemed I'd be as fast walking the last bit as taking a bus for one stop - so I did, sto...