Well this was a bonus!
We were meeting Cub and Emily in London (they were en route to a wedding in France) and saw
(by chance,on Snapchat) that the SmiffyBears were also in London that day too (woop!)
We managed a quick meet up in Covent Garden (and a very expensive pint in the Punch and Judy)
What were the chances! A great start to the weekend.
It was short and sweet but they had to get home and we had a show to see.
We had tickets for MATILDA!!
Matilda The Musical was brilliant.
I acquired another Matilda (for photo purposes only-her mum was taking the photo)
as the others had disappeared into the chocolate shop next door.....
...and then we went in, and, well OF COURSE I bought the mug.
How could I not?
CHILDREN ARE MAGGOTS
We had superb seats in the stalls.
The stage set was very clever.
A colourful explosion of board tiles and towering shelves of books that moved with each scene.
I was fascinated by it, it was very impressive.
The entire cast were superb.
Miss Trunchbull, the ex champion hammer-thrower, complete with hunchback and ample bosom, was a typical pantomime dame and he/she did a fantastic job of sniffing sweat, terrifying the pupils and swinging Amanda Thripp round and round by her pigtails.
THE PIGTAILS!
A highlight for sure.
This was where our stalls seats were just perfect. She landed right by our feet.
Miss Honey was as sweet as could be.
Even Matilda's "evil" parents were superb.
And the star of the show, Matilda, played by Savannah Read in our performance, was everything from "A little bit naughty" to cute, hilarious, brilliant and pure GENIUS.
It was everything you'd want from a musical.
Fabulous entertainment, funny, touching, ACE.
Next day we headed off into London to The Natural History Museum to meet Guy, Becky (with Bump) and Rox.
(Bump was due on Christmas Day but was born on my birthday Yippee!)
We were staying in an AirBnB in Islington so Breakfast was OnTheRun!
From an amazing delicatessen.
"Whale, hellooo there" indeed.
The Natural History Museum is home to a skeleton of a huge blue whale which hangs from the ceiling of the entrance hall.
But we were there for the Nocturnal Animals exhibition.
Naturally there were Australian animals. Wow is a Kiwi that big??
Oooh look at me in Infra-red!
I've got a COLD NOSE.
Infra-red side plank looks good though.
It was a beautiful day, perfect for a stroll through Hyde Park...
with The Serpentine river where Pixen did her
and Princess Diana's Fountain...
..and also had Greg and Ciaran playing in the
Radio 2 Live In The Park concert...
..but we had just missed them.
We heard a bit of The Shires though.
We walked past Drake's Restaurant (ha)...
and when we got home we rewound Greg and Ciaran
(The Band Of Love)
on the AIRBnB tele.
It was a flying visit as there were more uni mates to visit, a wedding to get to in France and a spin class to take (yay) so next morning we had a quick gluten free breakfast...
(how did THAT happen?I'm sure we were heading back to that lovely delicatessen)
...and caught the train back to Chester.
We'd had a fabulous couple of days with the Cubster and Em.
And then they headed off to the wedding in France.
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