London Still Rocks!

Now in the middle of a whole heap of  Meetup .. On Friday.. well,  The Hideout  was off to  Friday 13th Part VIII  in the  Prince Charles  (PCC).. and the organiser offered me a free ticket. Otherwise you couldn't drag me to it, TBH. We were meeting in  Victory House  beforehand - and I had no time to eat before that. On a hot day, the bus was sweltering.. even walking around the streets was like being slowly cooked. Two of the group had beaten me to it - and wow, it's three months since I last saw Jonny, the organiser! Great to catch up. Predictably, Victory House are no better than ever at serving wine.. I asked for Sauvignon Blanc, had to specify that was white wine.. and it'd be in the fridge.. and it was a lucky thing I spotted her putting ice in the glass, and made her take it out again! They finished the bottle on me, and weren't sure it'd come to the extent of a large glass - it just about did. The girl on the till said they only cha...

Yesterday, back with  Laurence Summers  and the  45+ Not Grumpies , yay! This (new) walk started life as  Baker Street and its Quirky Surrounds , and was rechristened Baker Street and its Irregulars . So, back in the same direction as Friday .. gee, I should nearly have stayed the night! Ah, the buses.. I discovered I could get there by bus in under an hour. Apparently. I'd have to change at Waterloo . I left in plenty of time. Getting to Waterloo was no problem - getting out of there was a nightmare. The #139 was supposed to take me straight from there to Selfridge's , where we were to join the walk. Yeah - except it never came. With no bus apparently due, I got wary - I often run into problems like that at Waterloo - and took the other bus from that stop , the #176 , when it came. Then it had to stop dead for a while, to "even out the gaps in the service". Then traffic was terrible.. and finally it dropped me - on Tottenham Court Road . Now, I knew that was going ...