Day 3

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Woke up at 4 am (thank you jetlag) and went to Duck & Waffle for breakfast, cocktails and fun

Ordered the Duck and Waffle And the full Elvis and had Bloody Mary’s, Mimosas and coffee

Miserable wet and cloudy morning but great experience at Duck & Waffle

People in bar are, set away from dining area, we saw people who looked like they’d been there all night, finishing off a bottle of wine at 6am

Then we wandered around Bishopsgate for a bit and then headed to Kings Cross St Pancras station

We queued for quite a while to get the obligatory photo of Bren heading to Hogwarts at station 93/4, then had a quick look through HP store.

Then walked around for a bit and took some pics

Then headed to Covent Garden, which was in full Christmas mode

Then headed to Carnaby Street via theatre district and SoHo

Rich found a pair of Docs that he really liked so bought them, put em on and put them to the test

Then headed to Oxford Circus and Regent street for a wander

Then headed to Cittie of Yorke in Holborn for late lunch with my sister-in-law’s brother, who just so happened to be in London with his wife at the same time.

Cittie of Yorke one of London’s oldest pubs - Okay, so the current building is a replica built in 1920, but a pub has been standing here for almost six hundred years, so it’s still one of the oldest pubs in London. (pics)

We ordered pies coupled with cider and wine

Then headed back home

Crowds on Regent Strert and Oxford Circus over the weekend were insane - worste than anything I’ve experienced in Manhattan and Times Square. There are so many people that people spill over the huge footpaths/sidewalks onto the road. AMD the roads are full of traffic and people. It was absolute mayhem. Our plan was to tube it back to Pimlico but every tube was packed with squished people so we came back up to the surface and bussed it home. We figured it probably took the same amount of time on the bus dealing with traffic as it would have done via tube, given you can’t fit on a tube until at least 4 or 5 have arrived at the station

We were exhausted when we got home and retired early due to fatigue and jetlag - in bed by 6pm!