Suzie in the City

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After a truly brilliant weekend with a lovely bunch of bloggy friends, I prepared myself for the trip back to Birmingham. As Sacha lives quite a distance from me (three trains and a tube connection), I thought that I had everything organised, and as I had made it relatively unscathed (despite the unexpected detour) I was at the station with what I thought a spare twenty minutes until the first train of my journey was ready to leave. The main part of it was from London Euston, and I thought my train left at 1.00pm, only to discover that it was actually at 3.40pm – the train the day before had been that that time instead.

That meant that, by the time I arrived at Euston, I had about three hours to kill before my train left. So, as it was a glorious day, and I’m never one to miss an opportunity to be a tourist, I purchased an all-day tube travel pass and went off on a little jolly around London, setting myself a challenge to see as much as I possibly could in the time limit.

I started by going down to The Thames, and three hours later I had been to Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, Shaftsbury Avenue, China Town and Leicester Square (where there was a little German Market). In Covent Garden, I went into St. Pauls Church – also known as the Actors Church – as this was the place that was closed when my mum and I did our own little Carry On tour over the summer, and I saw the plaques for Hattie Jacques, Richard Beckinsale, Charlie Chaplin, Vivien Leigh, Boris Karloff, Ivor Novello and Noel Coward. On Shaftsbury Avenue, I got my geek on by venturing into Forbidden Planet. I saw the veterans congregated outside the pubs after the Remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph had ended, all proudly wearing their uniforms.

The Thames
China Town
Shaftsbury Avenue
Trafalgar Square
Harry Potter!
Christmas Market

I was shattered and uncomfortable after a while as I was carrying a large rucksack around with me, but I’d had a brilliant, spontaneous afternoon in one of my favourite places in the country. And I had plenty of things to share on my Instagram page too!

Suffice to say, I slept very well last night!

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  5. Lovely photos and I love the challenge, Suzie! Seeing as much as you can see in the time frame… A great way to maximise some, otherwise wasted, time! Though, I think I’d spend all 3 of the hours in the Forbidden Planet; I could get lost in there forever.

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