Tea and Sympatico

I've just got back from a week in London. I went down there with my friends Jan and Dave and their 4 year old and 7 month old and we stayed with old friends. Our week started with a bang when we got off the number 30 bus at Hackney Central and had riot police on one side of us and rioters on the other! Despite the rioting we had a great week with picnics in Greenwich, boat trips down the Thames, goes on the London Eye, visits to the Natural History Museum, Museum of Childhood and Hackney City Farm . The cafe at the City Farm was vegan friendly and I had a fab lunch of grilled oyster mushrooms and tomatoes on soughdough followed by rich chocolate sorbet. I stayed an extra day and met my friends Deb and John who came down from Manchester yesterday and we went to see the Tracey Emin show at the Hayward. The weather was gorgeous and after lunch we went for a mooch round Soho and sat in the sun drinking prosecco. It was also an excuse to visit one of my favourite shops - the Alger...