I Was Going To Visit Duncan,

meanwhile Diana was going to meet Kai in London for a day out,

the girls meet at New Beckenham station and made their way to Big Ben, now sans its scaffolding that has been around it for a few years,

naturally a few poses,

along the embankment,

Big Ben in the background,

as well as the London Eye, Kai,

and Diana,

a last look, 

as they made their way along the embankment,

passing a repurposed bus,

and St. Paul's,

before they reached China Town, which always looks nice with its lanterns,

they chose a Koran restaurant for their meal,

looking down from the restaurant, 

a couple of drinks,

and a pose,

as the food started to arrive,

lots of it!

I have no idea what they ordered,

but they needed to build themselves up for the shopping fest to come!

after all of that, 

a dessert, then the shopping began in earnest, Diana arrived home after myself laden with goodies from some of the Filipino food stores,

for myself as soon as the blog was posted,

I was on my way out into clear blue skies,

past Peter Pan's Pool,

at one of the bus shelters the bee garden on top of it,

 looking a tad sunburnt, 

into Catford, I was sitting on the right hand side of the bus, 

so here is the building work still continuing on this buildings clock tower,

the plants on The Watch House in Lewisham still looking nice,

Lewisham market open for business,

but the florists next to the station was not,

the ticket office closed as well,

great news, the 09.31 still goes to Gravesend, so no changing trains at Dartford,

I stopped halfway along the platform, 

as one of the commuter trains pulled out of the station,

and this is why I was only halfway along the platform, I alighted on the upline side of the station,

as I was meeting Alan, who kindly gave me a lift to the nursing home where Duncan stays,

one for the album, Duncan was in fine sprits wee chatted away about where were Diana and myself had been over the past few days and about Sir Winston Churchill who we all have a great deal of respect for, after saying our farewells Alan dropped me off at the station,

not too long until the 13.04, 

and there it was, arriving at Blackheath the florists was still closed, so over the road to the bus stop,

the number 54 passing Lewisham hospital, the sunflower beds now well past their best,

as were the bee gardens on the way home,

some of the plants just holding on,

into the park

and home, 

I arrived home before Diana, before my evening meal a read and a sherry,

followed by chicken korma and a lamb rogan josh, 'Cheers!',

and I remembered to use a big plate! in the evening Diana arrived home, so it was feet up for a couple of Midsomer Murders before we were off to bed.