Today we were tourists for a day in London. We started with Up the O2 (walking up and over the O2) which was fun, then a trip on the IFS Cloud Cable Car over the Thames, before a trip to Canary Wharf to visit the Paws on the Wharf art trail. Paws on the Wharf…
Tower Hamlets
Birmingham Stage Companies’ Terrible Thames river tour
Last week we were invited to attend Birmingham Stage Companies’ Terrible Thames river tour. The kids are big fans of Horrible Histories and we’ve seen several performances including Horrible Histories: More Best of the Barmy Army and Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors so knew what to expect. Birmingham Stage Companies’ Terrible Thames river tour Horrible Histories proudly…
Making handmade Christmas decorations with Jessie Chorley
A couple of weeks ago I went on a workshop run by Jessie Chorley. She is a designer/maker with a shop and workshop on Columbia Road. I’ve visited her shop a few times and was pretty excited to discover she runs workshops too. I signed up for a Christmas workshop. On arrival I was handed…
Columbia Road Flower Market
Today we went to Columbia Road Flower Market. I hadn’t been in years but it had hardly changed. We bought some new houseplants and got loads of good advice from the flower sellers – I’m never buying from Homebase again! Columbia Road Flower Market I loved the window display of Fred Bare Headwear (great name…


