London Weekender

A grand expedition (i.e. i didn't just go by myself) set out from Cambridge to London one Friday afternoon at the start of autumn. After a few pubs in the City including the famous Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, went on to the Globe to see Titus Andronicus, "certainly Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy". Fantastic performance - definitely glad we stood in the yard, rather than shelling out for seats in the stands - being right in the action was tremendous (except for the girl who fainted and had to be carried out by paramedics - apparently she found the whole "Enter Lavinia, her hands cut off, and her tongue cut out, and ravished" thing a bit overwhelming).

Post-show drink at The Founders Arms

This Borat High-five thing has to stop. Perhaps after the movie (Nov 2 release date - put it in your diaries!).

Went Broadway Markets with MJ:

& bought an awesome custard slice:

Off to Tate Modern to meet up with the lads. They Kandinskyed, I permanent collectioned - first proper lookee-see since the june rehang.

Thames Festival was in full swing outside so we grabbed lunch there,

had another Thames-side beer

and headed to Temple to check out the Templar church there.

Reconvened with supplementary troops in Clapham for dinner and general hilarity.

Round midnight it was then decided, after a brief adjournment at the Goat, to go on to Shoreditch.

The remaining activities for the evening can be summarised pictorially:

Sunday was spent preparing myself for my flight to oz.

This involved hiking across half of London in order to have a quick bev in Kentish Town then hiking back to the east end then to Heathrow. I've had better flights.