Busyknitter

Husband and older son are away to the USofA for a week. So, to kick off the half term holiday T and I drove my Mum down to London to stay at Northoftheriverbrother’s house. He has just flown to Australia with his wife and younger daughter for a month, leaving their older daughter at home to suffer A-levels. Oh and the dog. Which is why we were there, as Mum is officially in charge of the dog for the next four weeks.

Anyhow, one of the highlights of the trip was a Saturday afternoon visit to Hampstead Heath, which T absolutely loved. Here is a (slightly out of focus) piccie of him making like Julie Andrews.

And another one of him studying a Henry Moore at Kenwood House

And here is one of some swans who had nested right next to a path. The fluffy grey blob is a huddle of cygnets.

 That was the only part of the whole trip that we could really spend outside as it started to rain at 5pm on Saturday and as far as I am aware it hasn’t stopped.

But never mind, Sunday turned out to be one of those classic great days packed with events, where everyone has fun. We got up quite early and drove right through the City to visit Southoftheriverbrother and go to the morning service at his church, St. John’s Lewisham . This I approached with some trepidation since, while T is quite used to church at home, he has a routine there and, more importantly, everyone is used to him. But he rose to the occasion magnificantly, sat in the pew the whole time and behaved when I took him up to the communion rail. Slightly sticky moment when he took a curious swipe at the chalice, but no harm done. It was a lovely service and everyone made us feel very welcome. 

After lunch in a proper South London caff (T still behaving) we took the DLR to Greenwich Market where I bought one of these plus a funky necklace. T had a little wobble after that so we headed back to my brother’s flat for a brew and then drove back to North London.

But the day wasn’t finished yet as in the evening, T and I went to visit the charming Fitzy from ASDFriendly and her adorable family, who happen to live 5 minutes walk away from Northoftheriverbrother. A very relaxing end to a greeat day.

Monday, the weather was still dreadful. We went swimming with the Fitzies at Archway Pool in the morning, which went very well. But by 2pm, T was clearly getting stir crazy and I was already starting my “IhateLondon” twitch. So we set off home. T screamed continuously from the M6 Toll road to Junction 28 and we were both pretty knackered by the time we finally arrived, But everyone was fine after a good night’s sleep and a mellow Tuesday just pottering about at home.