Blogs from Covent Garden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Firstly we would like to apologise for the late upload of this blog, overall the first day was very eventful! Just after 1 mile into the trip we experienced the first puncture. After a speedy change around next to the "welcome to Sudbury" sign we set off to slowly understand that we must know where we are going before we begin our journey. Several wrong turns and a whole load of map reading we found our way through Epping and into North London. Arrived in Russell Square and checked into our hostel room filled with old people coughing etc. Feeling tired and need to get some sleep as we have to get up early in the morning to escape the London traffic. Best Moment: Dinner at J Sheekey, Worst Moment: The extra short beds that were ... read more

Alright, so first night got a little bonkers, but hey that will happen your first time in Europe. Over the next few days I got to really experience the greater London area which was extremely fun. One night, the second night I was here actually, we decided to go to a club one last time and this time it was a mixed bag of trying to get Michal to dance with a girl he saw first so naturally gets dibs and a very interesting run in with the one and only, Girraffasouraus. Starting with the girl, she was basically the only attractive girl at the club and the rest were mostly guys, one being around 65, and the others either having a girlfriend or creepin. The 65 year old actually tried dancing with the really ... read more

Morning comes early when you get to sleep after midnight. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and just stayed up. Got my act together and found a way to hook up all my suitcases so I could manage by myself! Met my new friend Cynthia in the lobby and we took the 7:00 a.m. shuttle back to the airport. Had to recheck our bags, go through security and find our gate. That took about two hours. First flight out to London ... Cynthia gets called. She's off, Business Class, and gave me the thumbs up hope that I make it too. Now I'm hovering around the gate desk ... waiting, waiting ... and then I hear those two little words ... Terry Jackson. I take my ticket, look at it, and smile. I too have been ... read more

Last weekend in London (5-7/6/10) After a busy eight weeks of work in Stoke-on-Trent we were happy to bid it farewell.We’d done our job by reducing the 24week waiting list for outpatient physio of our trust back to 8 weeks. And had hopefully helped a few people along the way. Saturday We packed our bags minus the work gear (wouldn’t be needing that for some time) and caught the Saturday morning train to London, making the familiar journey to Clapham . We dropped off out gear, enjoyed some lunch in the sun and headed to Covent Garden for our farewell drinks at The Punch and Judy. As the sun shining around it was a perfect location on the balcony with free entertainment courtesy of the street performers. After a fantastic afternoon of cider, sun and catching ... read more

Today, Nellie and Monk went with Floss and Flower to The Ivy Restaurant in the West End. Over the past few years, it's become a bit of a tradition to meet up at The Ivy on the first Sunday after New Year for a long, leisurely lunch to lick our wounds after the rigours of Christmas. This year we resolved to continue the tradition as Irene would have wished. Photography at The Ivy is strictly forbidden but Floss risked surreptitiously taking a photo of Nellie. Sure enough, this provoked a rebuke from the management, to whom we apologised profusely. We weren't too concerned, after all, the only real celeb in the restaurant was Nellie, and she didn't object to us paparazzi taking her picture in any case! Monk's Meanders Monk remembered the New Year celebratory get-together ... read more