A busy old week for February!!
I worked my Sunday, Monday and then had to pop in on the Tuesday for a GPTW meeting.
Found out I'd won a LOVE Award!
Remember last year, I went to Bristol and won the Stardust Award?
Well this was similar, a £50 Gift card no less.
Always nice to feel appreciated and recognised for all that I do.
Spent the afternoon with Lynn at Wells cinema, finally watching 'A Man Called Otto' our third attempt. So glad we made the effort to re-schedule. It was a sad but really lovely film and I don't think you can beat the £6.50 free coffee and biscuits matinee at Wells cinema.
Up and out early on Wednesday. My first 'solo' trip to London in over 20 years!! There were a few things on in London that I really wanted to see, that either were finishing or just weren't Jeff's cup of tea!! So I was big and brave and decided to go on my own!! Got Berry's Coaches there. It's a bit of a slog, nearly 4 hours to get there, you arrive in London at 10:45, having left Street at 7:00am but it only cost £21:00, £28:00 return, so was a good price.
First on my 'Must See' list was Harrods.
My main reason for coming to London was to see Harrods, celebrating the new collaboration between Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton by covering its Knightsbridge facade in dots!!
And down the side of the building, is the statue of Yayoi Kasuma , towering high at 50ft tall.
She even had spotty socks!!
It's massive!
You can view her from the 3rd and 4th floor inside, via the spotty escalators.
Inside, the dotty theme continued, with an infinity room.
More dots and spots on the floor....
Louise Vuitton merchandise of course!!
££££££££
Spotty cakes
I was in spotty heaven!
There are collaborations everywhere at the moment - Paris, New York, Tokyo....
....so I feel very lucky that I got to see it in London.
*F*A*B*U*L*O*U*S*
I did then walk on to New Bond Street to see the Love for Yayoi Kasuma continue.
Next up was the art installation under the Leadenhall Building...
“Evanescent” presented by Atelier Sisu
It goes on the 10th Feb, so just got to see it in time.
Beautiful changing colours.
The nice man who offered to take my picture at the Leadenhall Building,
then suggested I head over to Garden 120.
Fabulous free views over London.....
.......glorious sunshine, surrounded by blue skies......
......I just sat for half an hour enjoying my surroundings, fantastic!
Worth a visit when you next go to London.
Next up was planned! The Light Festival at Battersea Power Station.
Wasn't as good as I'd hoped for but it was a beautiful light, sunshiny day.
Actual Battersea Power Station has all been done up, its a really lovely area by the river.
I treated myself to something to eat from 'Where the Pancakes Are' and they were delicious.
In fact, that's the only thing I've paid for, everything, other than the tube, has been free!!
I would go back there. I imagine it would be lovely in the summer.
I timed leaving Battersea, in the hope of catching a sunset...
.......which I did, crossing the river.
Walked back to Sloane Square and tubed it back to ....
......Paddington to catch my train home.
A jam-packed day!
Walked over 20,000 steps but loved every minute xx
Would consider another solo trip in the future!!
Thursday and no blue skies but a date in the diary, walking with Lynn, already booked in.
Certainly a change in scenery from the day before. We went over to Ninesprings in Yeovil for our walk. I'll be honest, it was a little disappointing, there wasn't as much there as we were expecting and no sign of an illusive kingfisher, just ducks!!
Lots of catkins and clumps of snowdrops.
Will return when the leaves start to green up
I spent my afternoon back over at Wells Cinema. The next couple of weeks are busy and if I didn't go now, I wouldn't get to see it. It was okay, glad I saw it but not as good as I was expecting. Definitely preferred Otto!
Friday was a catch up day. Food shop, cleaning, washing and a long overdue trip to the opticians! For the past few weeks, I could hear my Granny repeatedly "look after your eyes Rebecca" (she never called me Becky) Anyway, I last went in 2016!!!!! My prescription is the same, no new glasses, phew! But I really went because my eyes constantly water. I have to keep telling people that I'm not crying. It's particularly bad at work, with the air conditioning and when I'm outside, wind, cold.... and because I keep wiping them, they're getting sore. She confirmed Dry Eye. I have been using drops from the chemist, which she has said continue to use, minimum of 3 times a day and I've got to try a hot eye mask twice a day and massage my eyes. Fingers crossed this helps. Google suggests taking Vitamin D and surprise, surprise, it's another lovely symptom of the menopause. The generous menopause, that lovely condition that just keeps on giving!!!! x
Having a lazy day today (Saturday) as I'm back in work Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and it's just grey out!! Jeff is on half term for the week. We plan to try and do something on Wednesday, if the weather is okay. Off up to Cardiff on Thursday to see Sophie and Sam and then see what the weather does at the end of the week. Time off together always goes by so quickly! Next break will be Easter and our trip to Rhodes, just eight and a half weeks away. Seriously, I know I like to get January and February out of the way but..... this year is whizzing by!!
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