Brrrrrrrr a good frost this morning augured well for
a sunny day. The temperature outside was only one degree when I got up.
It was a bright autumn morning and the sun, weak though
it is at this time of the year, burnished the fallen leaves on the back lawn.
After a leisurely breakfast our plan was to go to
Clapham Junction to visit a shop we had been to last year that had some
interesting Christmas dekkies. I say was, because just after we got on the
train at Crystal Palace The Man
remembered that he wanted to do a trial run to Lewisham. That’s where he will
sit the Life in The UK test on Wednesday.
I’ve said before how easy it is to get about here in
London and today we proved it again. So off the train we get at Balham and hop
onto one bound for the City. Off at Bank and onto the DLR (Docklands Light
Railway) bound for Lewisham. Forty five minutes later and we are standing
outside the address where he will take the test. Easy peasy.
That sorted we go for a wander. Saturday sees a food
market there and today it was clothing and household items, toys and other
non-food stuff. Prices are pretty good, but you do have to be careful of the
quality. I did buy myself a top there and we bought replacement pillows too,
our current ones are being a bit of a pain in the neck.
Shopping done we stopped off at the golden arches
for a quick smack before heading to the bus stop.
There we were on the 122 destined for Crystal Palace,
happily peering over walls and into back yards when…hello the announcement
system on the bus says. “The destination of this bus has changed, please wait
for further announcements”
Hmmm. So we sit tight for few more stops until it is
announced that we are terminating at Sydenham. OK. Now that we know where it
will end, we keep a look out for oveground stations that we know and when
Forrest Hill comes up we hop off and get the train back to Crystal Palace. Easy
peasy. I just had to take a picture. No one would believe it if you painted them this way
The clouds were in interesting patterns and
We were back in our warm little flat before sundown,
and now the beef stew is bubbling on the stove top, filling the room with its
yummy aroma.
Nomnomnom
Will you look at that, there I go writing about
food, AGAIN.
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