Summer Shopping Trip with Bea

Bea and I have a tradition. That at some point in the school summer holiday when I'm on leave, I take her out for cake, shopping and pizza. This year we went on Wednesday - which was rather rainy, but otherwise OK.

We started at St Pauls where I took her to a branch of Bea's of Bloomsbury, chosen for the name. Bea was delighted, the staff were friendly and the cake was good (I had the pistachio and chocolate cupcake and she had a nutella baked doughnut).

We then pottered around One New Change and bought a few bits and pieces (Bea got a necklace, a t-shirt and some footsies and I got some butterfly socks). From there we headed to Oxford Street which worked out better (Bea got a top and some leggings and I got a top). Finally we went to Pizza Express, as usual and got dough balls and pizza. I bought Bea an A4 notebook from Paperchase in Victoria Station and then we headed home.

Summer Kew Trip with Ryan

Today I took Ryan to Kew. This was the counterpart of Wednesday's shopping trip.

We started with The Hive, although it was already quite busy.



From there we headed down to the Pavillion for cake (he had blueberry and lemon and I had banana and coconut).

Next was back to Palm House.



Then we went to the Treetop Walkway.



We also managed the Princess of Wales conservatory and Sackler Crossing. At some point we found this.



Then we headed home for a late, small lunch.