Ms Poppins
I'm sure I'm very affected by all this Disney talk
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The Cast
Me - Julie, 35
DH - John, 39
DS1 - Mark, 16
DD - Abbey, 13
DS2 - Lewis, 6
Pre-trippie
This first part is about our 3 days in London, prior to setting off for Disney.
Day 1 - Friday 8th October
Today was an in-service day for the kids, so no school. We got up early and got the bus from home to Glasgow Central Station. We could have got there slightly quicker going by train, but it would have meant changing half way and with 3 heavy suitcases I thought it would be easier just sitting on the bus. The roads were quiet and so was the bus and we were at the station earlier than expected. Got some magazines in the station and waitied for train. Boarded and left in time at 10:40. Quiet train to start with and had booked seats together with a table. The journey took 4 and a half hours, but wasn't too bad. At the table seats there are plug sockets, so Lewis watched a dvd, and I was surprised how quickly the journey went. Had a packed lunch on board and arrived at Euston at 15:12. We walked a short distance to my uncle's office to collect the keys for his flat. Another few minutes and we were at the flat. Nice, 2 bed flat. We had a bit of a rest and then wandered to the local Sainsbury's to stock up on some food for the weekend. Went back to flat and had dinner.
John, Mark and Abbey went out for a wander and I put Lewis to bed. We were all exhausted - it's funny how sitting on a train doing nothing makes you so tired....
Day 2 - Saturday 9th October
Up earlyish and enjoyed a nice breakfast before leaving the flat around 9:30. John and the kids had walked to Leicester square the night before and wanted to show me round, so we walked there.
The weather was good, nice and dry. From there we walked to Picadilly Circus.
From here we walked to Buckingham Palace, which Lewis was desperate to see. He kept saying ' We're in London baby!' and 'when are we going to Buckingham Palace' over and over again. I was a bit worried we'd stick out as tourists, but almost everyone I saw had a backpack and a camera with them, so we were not the only sightseers..
We watched the soilders outside the palace for a while and then as we were on the Albert and Victoria Memoriam Statue, we heard police cars and watched the horses gallop past (sure there must be an official name for this, but I don't know what)
We were tired by now and a bit chilly so we stopped at a kiosk in St James park and had hot chocolate and tea. Lewis was getting a bit bored and said there was no point going to see stuff if you couldn't get in, so we agreed we would take him to the National History Museum, as he loves the Night at the Museum films. We stupidly decided to walk the whole way and by the time we got there I thought my legs were going to fall off! It was Saturday and Knightsbridge was heaving. We had a wander when we got there but for some reason I only took one photo.
We should have planned this better and taken the tube, but DH had been keen to see London rather than just ferry around it......that would soon change
By this time were were starving and stopped off at the restaurant and enjoyed pizza, sandwiches and chips. Very nice and well priced for the centre of London. Mark wanted tomato sauce and as he picked up the bottle it exploded in his hand covering everying in sight, except him!!! Unfortunately it also covered the family beside us and their pram, coats etc. I felt awful and helped clean up, but the family were very nice about it....
We now had to get to Victoria to see Abbey's friend Scott who is starring in Billy Elliot. So we went by tube and bought daily tickets, something we should have done first thing! These were 5.60 for adults and 2.00 for Abbey - Lewis was free. We got to the theatre, purchased a programme and enjoyed the show.
It was fantastic and Scott was wonderful. We then met him at the stage door and embarassed him by asking him to sign our programme.
He could only stay a few minutes and then we were off. It was getting dark now and we fancied seeing Peter Pan's clock - Big Ben.. According to our map it wasn't far from Victoria, but our tired legs told us otherwise. After a couple of wrong turns we came across Westminster Abbey. My camera was playing up, so didn't get great pictures.
We then got the tube back to the flat and had tea watching X Factor.
Me - Julie, 35
DH - John, 39
DS1 - Mark, 16
DD - Abbey, 13
DS2 - Lewis, 6
Pre-trippie
This first part is about our 3 days in London, prior to setting off for Disney.
Day 1 - Friday 8th October
Today was an in-service day for the kids, so no school. We got up early and got the bus from home to Glasgow Central Station. We could have got there slightly quicker going by train, but it would have meant changing half way and with 3 heavy suitcases I thought it would be easier just sitting on the bus. The roads were quiet and so was the bus and we were at the station earlier than expected. Got some magazines in the station and waitied for train. Boarded and left in time at 10:40. Quiet train to start with and had booked seats together with a table. The journey took 4 and a half hours, but wasn't too bad. At the table seats there are plug sockets, so Lewis watched a dvd, and I was surprised how quickly the journey went. Had a packed lunch on board and arrived at Euston at 15:12. We walked a short distance to my uncle's office to collect the keys for his flat. Another few minutes and we were at the flat. Nice, 2 bed flat. We had a bit of a rest and then wandered to the local Sainsbury's to stock up on some food for the weekend. Went back to flat and had dinner.
John, Mark and Abbey went out for a wander and I put Lewis to bed. We were all exhausted - it's funny how sitting on a train doing nothing makes you so tired....
Day 2 - Saturday 9th October
Up earlyish and enjoyed a nice breakfast before leaving the flat around 9:30. John and the kids had walked to Leicester square the night before and wanted to show me round, so we walked there.
The weather was good, nice and dry. From there we walked to Picadilly Circus.
From here we walked to Buckingham Palace, which Lewis was desperate to see. He kept saying ' We're in London baby!' and 'when are we going to Buckingham Palace' over and over again. I was a bit worried we'd stick out as tourists, but almost everyone I saw had a backpack and a camera with them, so we were not the only sightseers..
We watched the soilders outside the palace for a while and then as we were on the Albert and Victoria Memoriam Statue, we heard police cars and watched the horses gallop past (sure there must be an official name for this, but I don't know what)
We were tired by now and a bit chilly so we stopped at a kiosk in St James park and had hot chocolate and tea. Lewis was getting a bit bored and said there was no point going to see stuff if you couldn't get in, so we agreed we would take him to the National History Museum, as he loves the Night at the Museum films. We stupidly decided to walk the whole way and by the time we got there I thought my legs were going to fall off! It was Saturday and Knightsbridge was heaving. We had a wander when we got there but for some reason I only took one photo.
We should have planned this better and taken the tube, but DH had been keen to see London rather than just ferry around it......that would soon change
By this time were were starving and stopped off at the restaurant and enjoyed pizza, sandwiches and chips. Very nice and well priced for the centre of London. Mark wanted tomato sauce and as he picked up the bottle it exploded in his hand covering everying in sight, except him!!! Unfortunately it also covered the family beside us and their pram, coats etc. I felt awful and helped clean up, but the family were very nice about it....
We now had to get to Victoria to see Abbey's friend Scott who is starring in Billy Elliot. So we went by tube and bought daily tickets, something we should have done first thing! These were 5.60 for adults and 2.00 for Abbey - Lewis was free. We got to the theatre, purchased a programme and enjoyed the show.
It was fantastic and Scott was wonderful. We then met him at the stage door and embarassed him by asking him to sign our programme.
He could only stay a few minutes and then we were off. It was getting dark now and we fancied seeing Peter Pan's clock - Big Ben.. According to our map it wasn't far from Victoria, but our tired legs told us otherwise. After a couple of wrong turns we came across Westminster Abbey. My camera was playing up, so didn't get great pictures.
We then got the tube back to the flat and had tea watching X Factor.
Gorgeous! Did you not take one of the ketchup incident???!! 
it was brilliant of your uncle to lend you his flat and what a fabulous price your tickets for Billy Elliott were, and so nice that it was Abbey's friend starring in it.
