DAY 5 - A Grand Day Out

Just one post for today - we set off at 9am this morning and got the number 3 bus all the way from Crystal Palace to Oxford Circus. This is a slooooow journey, 1 hour plus, but obviously just costs the price of one bus ticket. Bargain. Once we jumped off at Oxford Circus we set off and walked to holborn, russell square, lambs conduit street, covent garden piazza, 7 dials, soho and back to oxford circus. This is what we did on the way...

 Stumbled across a BEAUTIFUL church just behind Oxford Street

 Watched shadows in the sunshine and yellow skirts billowing

 Found beautiful street signage

 and Art Deco architecture

 Watched dogs in the park

 Watched planes in the sky

 Picnicked in stripey bibs

 Caught some rays

 Played catch with a tin foil ball from our picnic sandwiches

 

 Found The People's Supermarket by chance

 Found that The People's Supermarket was AWESOME and found it hard not to spend!

 Explored Lambs Conduit Street

 And all it's pretty shops like Persephone Books

 and Darkroom

 Wangled a free haircut at Ena Salon (although it's not til next week)

 Found an AMAZING Fred Perry bench

 Saw Thomas Heatherwick's between-building bridge

 Went to Covent Garden

 Where they were holding a BBQ festival!

 Saw Jun Tenaka demonstrate how to brine and spatchcock a chicken

 Wangled a deal on some pulled pork

 £3 portion instead of the advertised £6!

 Ate pulled pork and found it to be INCREDIBLE

 Shared an iced coffee to cool off

 

Entertained ourselves for free with 2 men on unicycles

 and one man suspended in mid air

 Wandered through 7 dials window shopping

 Went to BMB to collect some badges (for free)

Wore the badges to indicate that we are happy to give up our seat
on public transport for people who need it more
"Happy To Stand - Just Ask"

 Enjoyed xylophoning in Hamleys

 Watched The Gruffalo puppet show in Hamleys

 Ate tea on the bus home

 And after all that, relaxed with a home spa pedicure!

What a brilliant day!!!

Total spend £11.35