London Still Rocks!

Last Saturday , fourth in a row of five days of Meetup , I had to be up early-ish for  Laurence Summers  and the  45+ Not Grumpies  -  this walk was  It's Only Rock 'n' Roll but I Like It!  Unfortunately, the event pages seem to be set up differently now, not allowing people to sign up without paying through  PayPal , and incurring the fee. He's having to take people's names offline..this wasn't his intention, and I'm not sure what has happened, but someone should check the Meetup settings, because it doesn't happen for all groups. The buses, mercifully, seem to be running properly again. That morning's travel entertainment was provided courtesy of a small child, who remarked to her mother (or whomever) that the gentleman nearby reminded her of her grandad.. the gentleman in question pretended to be offended at the suggestion he was so old.. All quiet apart from that, apart from the usual change of driver - which didn't even make me late. Wow, it...

Oof, what a week! Read on.. Saturday wa s another walk with  Laurence Summers  and the  45+ Not Grumpies , yay! A new one, this was a  Theatre History Walking Tour  - starts at the  Globe , appropriately, which I could walk to. Question is, was he going to mention any theatres I haven't been to..? Well, I could have walked - but it was bordering the max distance I like to walk, and in the end I didn't. There weren't many of us on this occasion, a lot apparently having pulled out last minute, as they tend to do. I knew the others, which was nice - and with everyone having arrived early, we started early! We started at the Globe - so it was appropriate to go from there to the other Elizabethan Theatre, nearby - The Rose : And of course, from there to the actual site of the original Globe: And as he pointed out to us, look at the number of churches depicted in the London of the time! Of course, so many were destroyed in the Great Fire .. This is an interestin...