Walk: The Magic of Covent Garden - Secrets and Surprises
Today, back with Laurence Summers and the 45+ Not Grumpy Old Londoners - this time for The Magic of Covent Garden: Secrets & Surprises . And Helen came to this one, good stuff! There had been a lot of talk about the pro-Palestinian protests that took place today - I saw one central London Meetup cancelled as a result. But as Laurence said, since when do people protest in Covent Garden ..? Sure enough, the route went nowhere near there, and they were going to arrest anyone who strayed off it. It wasn't the best day to travel, all told - although the rain decided to hold off till tomorrow, and it was lovely and sunny. In fact, I wasted five minutes looking for sunglasses that were already in the bag I was taking! Didn't matter though - the bus was severely delayed. And when it did come, it was like a Tokyo subway , people crammed right up to the doors. I was surprised the driver let us on - but I guess he realised that anyon...