Waking at 5 am and sleeping after 11 pm I would have thought I would achieve a longer, deeper sleep. Nevertheless up at 5 am again for another on-the-go day. I'm not sure how many kilometres (or should I use miles) I covered walking from the flat through Bloomsbury, past the British museum, through to Goodge Street to find The Langham on an incredibly busy intersection, ducking down Wigmore Street through Marylebone to the outrageous Wallace Collection, running the gauntlet of Oxford Street through to Mayfair (love South Audley Street), through Hyde Park to beloved Belgravia, bypassing Harvey Nicks sauntering down Sloan Street to the prize - John Lewis and Kings Road, darling. The encounters with the Sloane Rangers was rather uneventful and Kings Road seemed, quite sadly, flat and dull - despite my love of the area and the exuberant scents of my highly favoured Penhaligons perfumes. So it was a jaunt down past the Royal Chelsea Hospital to Pimlico Road - and might I add what a delightful part of the city in it's much more subdued and restrained elegance and rather delightful furniture and antique shops. A quick pit stop at The Orange (no service but a great little place), down to Buckingham Palace, The Mall, Trafalgar Square (people, people everywhere), throwing it in and taking the tube back to the flat. 5 pm rush hour and what better thing to do than head to Westfield Shepherds Bush (Stratford is zone 3!) and hence the late return home after a big meal at Wahaca. Golly gosh...and today another big day ahead although it may be museum and gallery day because of this weather!
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