A Jolly Nice Saturday

Posted on 2008/10/02 22:57:53 (October 2008).

[Saturday 27th September]
Really rather a lovely day today. We seem to be having a bit of an Indian summer this September, albeit only at the weekends. Which is ideal really - it can certainly be frustrating if it's a weekday, and lovely weather, but you're stuck in the office.

Chie went off to see her friends in Maidenhead in the afternoon/evening, leaving me to my own devices. I did a bit of work initially, and then decided around 3ish to head out and get a financial errand out of the way (changing some Japanese Yen into pounds). This took me to Oxford Street, and whilst I got a tube on the way there (wanting to arrive before the banks closed etc), on the way back I decided to take a slow meandering stroll.

I walked down from Oxford Street, through the back of Mayfair, across Piccadilly into Green Park, and from there past Buckingham Palace to Victoria. I really enjoyed this walk, taking in a lot of back streets I hadn't been down before, lined with some really lovely buildings. London is just great for this sort of thing.

As it was a bit hot I decided to pop into my office on the way back home for a quick drink of water, and to tie up some bits of work. As it turned out, the American collleague who was visiting our office this week was also there on a similar basis. After an hour or two pottering away on work related stuff, we had a quick chat and decided as we were both at a bit of a loose end we should go out and get something to eat and drink that evening.

So we had another jolly nice stroll out from the office, through Green Park, across Piccadilly, along Saville Row, over Regent's Street and into Soho. I decided in the interests of being a bit different we should go to St. Moritz - the Swiss Restaurant - and luckily they were able to squeeze us in for an early sitting. It was delightfully twee as always, and I very much enjoyed having almost exactly the same meal as I had last time - ragout aux champignons sauvages to start with, followed by a rosti with cheese and vegetables for my main course. Jolly nice.

After dinner we ventured to a couple of my standard central London pub haunts - the Lamb and Flag, followed by the Coal Hole on the Strand. Both very nice as always.

I really enjoyed today, one of those completely unplanned days out that makes me realise I do actually really like living in London.

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