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| My Instagram snaps revolved around Arctic Monkeys and food. Says a lot about me! |
Saturday the boy and I took a trip to London (and stayed overnight in Battersea - booked through airbnb, in case anyone was interested in knowing!) to see Arctic Monkeys at Earls Court. We made a day of it, what with the journey being 3 hours from Notts, and had a really lovely time (despite the random British weather!). I've popped the photos up in little sections, just to break them up, but won't be saying much because a) once I start I'll never stop and b) sometimes pictures speak louder than words!
Architecture
London never seizes to amaze me with everything it has to offer, beautiful-buildings-wise. You can't go a few steps without being marvelled by the vast variety of stunning architecture.
Here's a few of said marvels that took my fancy:
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| Dicken's London |
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| King's College London |
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| The Royal Courts of Justice |
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| St Clement Danes |
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| Somerset House |
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| Trafalgar Square |
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| Covent Garden (always an obligatory stop!) |
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| St Paul's Cathedral |
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| The Shard (and a fancy lamp!) from the Thames Riverwalk |
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No trip would be complete without some sort of bridge photo! Here be Tower Bridge!
Blogger Haunts
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I spied a couple of blogger-institutions along my travels. Although I managed to feast my eyes upon them, I'm sad to say no actual belly-feasting arose (apart from in Hummingbird Bakery!).
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| Inside Covent Garden, mentioned by many! |
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| Hummingbird Bakery, Soho, where a slice of this Rainbow Cake will cost you around £5.50 :O |
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| We didn't stop but I, of course, had to get a snap! |
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| A blurry shot of the ever-impressive Liberty façade |
Arctic Monkeys
Saturday was my 4th time seeing the group and the boy's 8th (jeeees) and they were just as fantastic as they've ever been (apart from a couple of little hiccough's thanks to unfortunate crowd squishing!). They played my AM album fave, One For The Road, and a couple of other major loves (Mardy Bum, R U Mine) all of which made for an extra-special night.
Oh, and I spotted a certain
Rebecca Cohen in the flesh at the train station after. I fangirled from afar.
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| We headed straight for the floor at the back where we stayed until AM started doing their thing |
Battersea
Never having visited the area before, we decided to make the most of the extra hour in the day and were up, out and at Battersea Park by 9:30. It really is a lovely place and I enjoyed getting the chance to have a proper look at it on Sunday morning. I'll certainly do my best to visit again when I'm next in London.
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| Where we stayed for the night |
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| The boy heading up the street |
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| Inside Battersea Park (and blessed with the best kind of autumnal weather!) |
London, it's always a pleasure!
