East London

Today, I have taken myself out on my own walking tour of East London. Now that I live in the East I really wanted to centralise in my head where everything was. I knew where Liverpool Street was and I knew where I lived, but I had all these random spots on in between. So I planned my trip and off I went.

Classically, the one day I had chosen for this tour London put on its finest rainy weather. It came and went, came and went. Never mind, I had my umbrella from Catherine in Ireland, I was set.

I took the tube to Liverpool Street station and walked all up to Shoreditch High street, past the Old Truman Building - where we had our christmas part last year, through Box Park, down Old Street Station, and checked out a number of pubs and restaurants I had heard about.

I walked back to Liverpool Street and across to Brick Lane. I wandered through the usual markets, down to see the Happy Cafe, and up to where it met Shoreditch and where the cereal killer cafe resides. I also stopped in a sweet chocolate shop.

Afterwards I headed towards Columbia Road Flower Marketing, forgetting that it only ran on a Sunday. But I was rewarded, with being able to explore the wonderful little shops and cafes all along the street, ones that you don't usually get to see when the markets are on. I really enjoyed it.

From here I headed towards Hackney, passing the Hackney Farm and looking in on the different shops. I could've taken a left and headed more towards Hackney, but instead I took a right, as headed towards Bethnal Green. I wanted to head my journey at Victoria Park this time.

The rain really enjoyed this part of the journey and I wondered where my sanity was. But it was lovely. I reached Bethnal Green and walked past the cool Thai food / hair dressers where I had my first hair cut after leaving home. It doesn't sound anywhere near as dodgy as that though haha. And they did do a pretty good job.

From here I entered Victoria Park. It was just beautiful. The whole park had turned all shades of yellow, orange and red. It was full of families strolling around and people sitting by the cafe near the pond. I was here in April with Jane on our bike ride, so it was nice to see it again in a different season.

Tired, but excited that I had explored more of London, I headed home to watch the rugby.

East London - check

Canvas cafe: http://thecanvascafe.org/
Boxpark:http://www.boxpark.co.uk/
Columbia Road Flower Markets:http://www.columbiaroad.info/
Hackney City Farm: http://hackneycityfarm.co.uk/
Victoria Park:http://www.timeout.com/london/attractions/victo…
Hurwundeki: http://hurwundeki.com/Read more