A Trip to Little Venice and a Canal Boat Ride to Camden

Posted on June 1, 2025 by suzie81speaks

You know those rare days where everything just goes… right? That was last weekend.

The Bloke and I took a spontaneous trip to London. I had already booked the day off in anticipation of being needed by a social media client, who unfortunately wasn’t available. Meanwhile, The Bloke discovered that he had a few surprise days of annual leave, so we made a last-minute decision to have an overnight stay, just for a change of scenery and a bit of head-space after what has seemed like a rather intense few months. We hadn’t done a proper touristy day out together since last September, so we figured we were due.

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A Day Date in Camden

Posted on November 4, 2024 by suzie81speaks

The day after going to a Silent Disco at The Natural History Museum in London for my friend, Helen’s birthday, I found myself with a day off.

This wasn’t the intended plan when I booked tickets in March – I was going to travel down to London on the day of the disco, stay in a hotel overnight and then come home. As it transpired, work commitments that appeared later in the year meant that I would be in London not just on the day of the disco, but on the day before and for five days afterwards. I had to book a separate hotel reservation for the remaining period of time, and ended up with a room near Euston, which made travelling easier.

The Saturday after the disco was the only free day that I had, so The Bloke got on a train and joined me in London. We decided to have a day date and go to Camden – it was one tube stop away, the weather was glorious and neither of us had been there in years.