London wash up.

Stomp was high energy and funny, good looking dancers who were obviously enjoying themselves and I didn't mind being picked out of the audience for not engaging with the show by the cast bozo.
I won't go on about it but Soho/the West End/theatre land call it what you will is average food, service and booze at inflated prices but pick your observation post and the ongoing Cabaret can make up for the cost.
My impression of London has changed, maybe it is the influx of outsiders but people are marginally more friendly than my last visit, that is when they are not totally immersed in their digital device which can present an impediment if they are encountered when supposedly ambulatory.
My biggest recommendation is get an Oyster card, I have been travelling on the underground for four days and still have not exceeded my initial £20 investment. Brilliant idea and so simple to use - well done Boris.

Meandering through markets.

Camden Lock market is huge and I got lost in it but after nearly two hours of meandering I had not bought anything, in fact the only thing I fancied wasn't for sale. I tried the Archway and Camden Passage markets with the same result, so off to explore Soho to find tonight's restaurant before Stomp.
Tomorrow the adventure is over, back to the clean air and peace of Gwytherin. It has been a fun four days but it is time to sort things out before the next adventure.

Shakespeare in Bankside.

Last nights bawdy and lively performance of Measure for Measure was hugely entertaining and the setting in the Globe and the players themselves added authenticity to the whole thing. I would love to see the Lord Chamberlain's Men perform there.

Art & Archeology.

The Museum of London lived up to the hype, three hours easily spent. Then it was rain dodging to a cafe for lunch before continuing with culture at the National Gallery only to find that some of the staff were taking Industrial Action so only half the rooms were open, consequently I missed seeing my favourite picture The Fighting Temeraire but I did get to see Vincent's Sunflowers and the haunting unfinished Three Men and a Boy by the le Nain Brothers also I was amazed at the fresh realism of Van Dyke'S paintings which were painted nearly four hundred years ago. Listen to me, I sound like a real culture vulture but I just like what I like, actually I am a real Philistine, most of the French impressionists leave me cold.
Anyway that is a surfeit of culture for me I am going exploring tomorrow if the weather forecast holds good. I plan to go to Camden etc to see the markets and meet the people.

The Commitments

The Commitments. Feckin brilliant. The first time I can remember dancing in the aisles, maybe I am just discovering my mojo - only taken 64 years. Go and see it.

Moving on to the Big Smoke

Yesterday's 07:47 train from Llandudno Junction to London Euston eventually arrived two hours ten minutes late all because some clown wanted some attention and threatened to throw himself off  the railway bridge in Shotton, so I didn't arrive at my digs for the next four days until 2 pm. I am staying in LSE student accommodation around the corner from Euston, there are shared facilities which I know would not suit some of you but for £45 a night B&B I can rough it for a few days and there are some really interesting people to share breakfast with.
Yesterday I managed to squeeze in a visit to the British Library as well as a tour of  Kentish Town before finding a traditional pub serving six real ales, the beer was very good and a snip at only £4.75 a pint but the interesting dinner was Veggie Fish 'n Chips with mushy peas which was actually battered deep fried haloumi now that was an interesting and tasty option.
Today started early, breakfast with the interesting residents then underground and Docklands Light Railway to Greenwich, the portion of the journey through Canary Wharf etc was fascinating with all the high rise stuff being built and the railway snakes through it all. Initially my visit to Greenwich was to go to the Maritime Museum which was very good but there was more in store. The history of the whole place is absorbing and I have now straddled the Greenwich Prime Meridian as well as having a bargain lunch at Wetherspoons. I continued my touristy travels with a visit to the Globe Theatre where I managed to buy a ticket for tomorrow night's performance and then off to gawp at St Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. The thing I cannot understand about the Palace of Westminster AKA the Houses of Parliament is all the windows have net curtains in them, I expected to see grannies peeking out around them. I was surprised with all the tourists, I had expected hordes of Japanese and Chinese and although there was a smattering of them the vast majority were Americans and Germans so don't tell me they are suffering from a recession!
Tonight's theatre visit is the Commitments, so bye for now.
P.S.
No photos this trip, you all know what London looks like.