Back in Brixton, London having been challenged (just a small one) by the subway system to find a bus from 'no idea where'. Just as we were commenting on how fantastic the subway system is it stopped and, we were told, is going no further due to a breakdown on the tracks to Brixton. Suffice to say we made it! Pizzas for dinner with our London family - not bad at all.
On Sunday we braved the crowds and made it into The Battersea Power Station. This iconic London landmark was open to the public over the weekend before being turned into apartments, shops etc - the usual exciting development. The chimneys are being taken down and rebuilt according to the original plans and specifications - how about that! A huge number of people had the same idea and the queue was miles long. Fortunately, we were there before it opened so once they started letting people in, we moved along rather quickly with a couple of fun altercations with queue jumpers along the way. It was a great day out and we all pleased we'd gone. Here's some photos:
One more thing on the subject of queues, queues being a British phenomenon - inside the power station a queue formed, and grew as more and more people joined to look through a little hole not much bigger than a keyhole in a door. What was to be seen through the hole was nothing more than some stairs. It was easy enough to realise that there wasn't much to see because no one looked for more than a second or two, however, one kiwi couldn't resist - can you spot him?
Outside the power station, beside the Thames River were 2 fantastic ancient cranes. I hope that somehow they are preserved.
We wandered our way back to Brixton and on to the 'Old Man Pub' on Elm Park Rd for some pints and dinner. The pub doesn't do food but instead has a pile of menus from local take-away places which will deliver food. So, we ordered some Chinese deliciousness and it came to the pub which then supplied us with the utensils to eat it with. Such a damn good idea!
And that was the end of a fairly good day.
Love the photos, Ruth.
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