{"id":2020,"date":"2012-03-06T09:21:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T09:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2012-04-04T20:48:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T19:48:05","slug":"london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went to London for a a couple of days.  Got some Virgin advance tickets (absolute bargain at \u00c2\u00a315 return from New Street to Euston!) and met up with uni friends for Sunday afternoon tea.  Louise baked some amazing eats, wish I&#8217;d taken photos.  Among the delights were a goats cheese and spinach quiche, a carrot cake with pistachio (Ottolenghi) and sausage rolls.  Louise is a brilliant baker.  She recommended <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Short-Sweet-Dan-Lepard\/dp\/0007391439\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1333528100&#038;sr=1-1\">Dan Lepard&#8217;s baking book<\/a> to me.  Great food and fantastic to see the crew again, who are about the nicest, cleverest and most eclectic set of people I know.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday afternoon I visited Myth down in South London and had a play with the Orton kids:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1418edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1418edit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Naomi and Leo\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1418edit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1418edit-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1419edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1419edit-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Leo\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1419edit-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1419edit-763x1024.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After heading back into central London I walked around near London Bridge station to take photos:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1426edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1426edit-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Old and new buildings\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1426edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1426edit-1024x770.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1432edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1432edit-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tower Bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1432edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1432edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Later I settled into a pub to read my book with a glass of red.  On Monday night I went to The Angel pub in Bermondsey with Rahul and Lukman to play cards, drink and eat several packets of chilli peanuts.  Oh, and to take in one of the best views in London:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1447edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1447edit-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"View from The Angel\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1447edit-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_1447edit-1024x513.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning I had a couple of hours to kill before my train back so I went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/\">British Library<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_1451edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_1451edit-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The British Library\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_1451edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_1451edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>where I went to see its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/whatson\/permgall\/treasures\/\">treasures<\/a>.  There are so many wonderful objects to see there.  <\/p>\n<p>I love London.   The home of so much history, famous landmarks and the buzz of millions of people.  In London anything seems possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to London for a a couple of days. Got some Virgin advance tickets (absolute bargain at \u00c2\u00a315 return from New Street to Euston!) and met up with uni friends for Sunday afternoon tea. Louise baked some amazing eats, wish I&#8217;d taken photos. 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