Day 37 London, UK

A wonderful way to spend the last Saturday of our holiday. We got up in time to use underground ( yet again) to go to Campden market with Alanna. So good to once again have her as our tour leader! The Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets, often collectively referred to as Camden Market or Camden Lock, located in the historic former Pickfords stables, in Camden Town, London. It was probably the largest market we’d ever been in with stall after stall selling food, clothes, jewellery and a lot of very alternative clothes and accessories. It had such cool vibe and by the time we left it at 12 pm it was packed. Even the shop fronts of the main shopping area were works of art. Alanna and I shared an amazing treat from Humble Crumble (all over London) where you choose the cooked fruit, the amount of crumble and the topping, including hot custard, and they make it in front of you. Delicious! We then used the train to get into Soho and stopped at a lovely old pub for a drink. We left there in time to be at the London Paladium by 2 30pm for our second show in 24 hours. We had booked the pantomime Peter Pan and it was amazing. The venue was spectacularly beautiful and packed, and the show had that many Wow moments. Julian Clary, Jennifer Saunders, Niger Havers and Paul Zerdin (ventriloquist) and were so funny and so clever and the costumes were amazing. Then there was the singers/dancers and acrobats and an orchestra. There were many special effects include Julian Cleary being flown up from the ground, past the audience to the very top where he disappeared through the roof. It was two and a half hours of utter entertainment. We left there for a lovely drink in another old pub with great atmosphere and then had pizza at a cool Soho restaurant. As usual our day ended with the subway trip home. The light display at Tottingham Court Station (and the mice) once again catching our attention.Read more