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Linda and I had made a plan to royally relax this morning and then just she and I were to head into London to give Nigel a break and not drag him to shop nor see Fame, off-off Broadway

I awoke to Mr Magpie and enjoyed the sounds of the Hearndens puttering about as I blogged the day before. Breakfast was Hula Hoops and Pain au chocolat

Finally my self was ready and Nigel drove us to the train for what became a most awesome adventure.

First stop was to the Crypt to release my book I’d finished. Bookcrossing.com is a site I enjoy to record and set books free. Hopefully someone will find it and go to the site to record the travels. We also found a side room with some interesting tributes.

From there we headed to one of two intended stops (LEGO and Pandora)

My son-in-law, Ken would love this

And I would love this for my pop-up collection

I really wanted specific characters out of the grab bag deal so the staff worked hard to find me all three.

We left the store and there was a gorgeous art display on the security blocks

I suddenly remembered we hadn’t allowed Sackboy to play LEGO so we went back (Linda is truly a good sport) and it turned out to be one of the highlights of the day. Two of the employees were Canadian and jumped in to the fun

They sent us towards Hamleys toy store to find the Royal Guard figure I wanted

Strolling along Carnaby St I glanced and thought oh isn’t that cute, wait, omg that’s the amazing shoe store I saw online!! I’d searched for the best shoe stores in London and it was high on the list. It was a brutal decision but yes I have two new pair sold to me by the lovely Melanie

We continued on to the toy store of 5 levels….

Next to find food and the Theatre. Along the way we passed the grand opening of newest Hard Rock. Couldn’t get them to tell us who the musical guests were

We passed a Pandora shop and I managed to get the two charms I wanted

We set on dinner around corner from Theatre at The Delaunay Counter. A delicious fondue. It was lovely. Highly recommend

Off to see Fame, there was a lot of press and we didn’t know the subjects of the paparazzi but it was a buzz. Got hit on by lovely woman selling programs. Show was good but clearly opened last night. Needs polishing. A couple of outstanding performances though. Look forward to the reviews. We were 5th row centre and there was no one beside or in front of me. Was nice to be able to see. During intermission a tall couple in row in front moved over in front of me. I asked nicely if they could stay in their seats as I am short and she tried to convince him to move but no… sigh.

And in this continued saga of Loos unlike any others, these really took the cake..

We walked back to Charing Cross Station and Nigel met us at Orpington Station to avoid the bus once again

It was an odd and wonderful day

binary code on t-shirt says LEGO

Only a shame Nigel wasn’t there to share in the laughter! He did plan Stonehenge for tomorrow though !