Do it!!!!! Just GO!!!!!

And so we did!

A 2hour train journey from Chester took us to the heart of London (Euston!)and clutching our(fabulous and highly recommended) Oyster Cards and our
A-Z we were ready to "DO IT!"

First stop was The Natural History Museum.

We went to see the
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition
which was a collection of stunning photographs taken by people of all ages. These were the winning images from a staggering 32,351 entries this year submitted by people from 82 countries. This was our favourite:

It was well worth queueing up for (everyone else in the museum was going to the Dinosaur Exhibition.. well it WAS half term).

Husb said "Hello!" to Charles Darwin on the way in.

We also had a quick nip round the human body section but it was full of families doing their half term "hands on" activities and I could hear Harrods calling.........

Harrods. OH MY WORD!! WHO shops at Harrods? How come we didn`t see a famous film star or footballer? We DID, however, see a large pizza at £42, coconuts at £10 each, cherries at £54 per lb.....I was beginning to think I`d never get a carrier bag....



but then we saw the fabulous array of teas, the jars of jam, the psychedelic jars of sweets... YES!!!and bought 4 jars of sweety balls (LIQUORICE OF COURSE) from 2 different tills to get 2 little Harrods bags WEYHEY!!


There was just time for swift dash around the National Portait Gallery
(it looks so small from the outside, it`s deceptively big on the inside) before going to the theatre.



The 39 Steps.Criterion Theatre, Picadilly. Winner of 2 Tony Awards in 2008 and based on the novel by John Buchan.
Very very funny. Very very clever. A great choice!

Day 2..... We took the tube to Lambeth North to the very impressive... The Imperial War Museum founded in 1917 and chronicling the impact of war at all levels.



Tanks. Rockets. Submarines. Diaries. Films. The Holocaust.(yes it got less and less jolly the higher the floor)
Well worth a visit.

The Monument was built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666 and to celebrate the rebuilding of the City.The Monument is 202 feet high... the exact distance between it and the site in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire began and was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Dr Robert Hooke.
It has recently undergone a major programme of restoration costing £4.5million and so it had to be climbed. YES!! Husb climbed the column containing a cantilevered stone staircase of 311 steps up to the viewing platform looking out over the city.



We waved to the CUBBA who was hard at work (possibly) in the block next to the "Gherkin" before gingerly crawling back down again.
WE GOT A CERTIFICATE WUTWOOOOO! Husb is putting his up in his office, bless.



Tate Britain had an exhibition of the works of Antony Van Dyke,,, starting TODAY!!!!So we went!!! Day One!!! First day and we`ve been! Done it! Ticked it off!

Two hours later we were back in Chester where the pooch came to meet us at the station. Thanks for the lift Drakey!
We had a brilliant couple of days and it was great to see the Cub again(here modelling his new jacket from the Choaks)