Hm, this was supposed to be daily, but what with one thing and another, updating been a little less frequent. Still, we’ve been knocking things off the list pretty well, so all is not lost.

Day 6 – Primrose Hill

It was almost a rest day, but we took a small perambulation in the evening through the delightful Primrose Hill[18] village, bought some cheap rosé in Nicolas and some chocolate in the poshest little mini-market in the world. We then strolled up to the top of the hill to take in the twighlit view of London with the key lights of the City shining out: tower 42, check, London Eye, check, crappy tower blocks in Mornington Crescent, check.

Day 7 – Wellcome Collection

Definitely a quiet day. We wandered down to my doctor, then to the Wellcome[19] Collection (open late on Thursdays!) to see the medical waxworks exhibition on display which certainly gave context to the history of medicine and grossed Louise out nicely. We then got rained in at the Founder’s Arms on the South Bank at the London Perlmongers meet.

Day 8 – And so to Bath

We got to Paddington a little early, so we took the opportunity to knock another one off the list: we nipped out the back to see Little Venice[20]. Cute. Will definitely take a boat from Camden to Paddington at some point.

First order of business on arrival in Bath was FOOD. This used to be my home town so I know which tourist holes to avoid. We went to the wonderfully gnarly and twee Old Green Tree for the quintessential English dish, co-opted by the pub trade, the Ploughman’s lunch[21]. It was pretty good overall with huge chunks of bread, plenty of salad and of course nice mature Cheddar and Stilton cheeses. Oh, and nice foamy ale of course. The house ale was light and hoppy, perfect for a summer’s day.

That left tackling two of Bath’s many tourist attractions: the Roman Baths[22] and the Royal Crescent. The Baths are great to visit and give a sense how how far we’ve come in a couple of thousand years and yet in many ways we’re the same people. The Royal Crescent just is. Oh, and on the way back in to town we popped in to the Georgian Garden. Pretty.

Day 8 – Photographers Gallery

I had some business to do today while she checked out Muji[23] and Uni Qlo. Then we went to the Photographer’s Gallery[24] which today mostly had exhibitions which didn’t piss me off for once. Result. Nice bookshop too.

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