West End girls... and boys

We caught the train to London Central today for a West End musical, allowing plenty of time for the journey to account for some closed lines and rail maintenance.

We alighted at Westminster Station and joined the throngs of tourists walking around Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey precinct.

We also walked along the National Covid Memorial Wall, which stretches for 500 metres alongside the River Thames, directly opposite the Houses of Parliament. There are more than 240,000 individually hand-painted red hearts, each representing a person who died in the UK with Covid-19 as a direct cause of death.

We skirted St James Park, through Horse Guard Parade (site of Trooping the Colour) and had lunch in Trafalgar Square (home to the most favourited cache in the UK with over 4,000 favourite points).

We continued our walk to the Dominion Theatre for a matinee performance of The Devil Wears Prada.

Our jouney home was more circuitous, changing trains twice before arriving at Twickenham in time for dinner at the William Webb Ellis Wetherspooons.Read more