A Trip to Walthamstow

Yesterday, Thursday, dawned rainy and warmer. We started by buying cheap tickets to see Lord of the Rings, again. The Bartons and Ringers were going as well and they were able to buy good seats on the front row of the dress circle at the "senior" rate because they were with me! They treat their old folks well here. We left them and went to the John Soane Museum. It is Soane's house at Lincoln's Inn Fields, cram-packed with all manner of antiquities and oddities. He was an ingenious architect and the interior spaces are very cool with unseen light sources and attractive spaces. We took the 25 bus from Holborn to Oxford Circus and visited Liberty of London, a very unusual and charming department store built in the Tudor style. From there we went around the corner to Carnaby Street so that Katy could visit the Puma store. We made one final stop at the Apple store on Regent's Street before hurrying home to meet Ringers and Bartons for an adventure in Walthamstow at the far north end of the Victoria Line. The William Morris Museum was our ultimate goal but the village was fun as well with a lively ethnic population with Cockney overtones. The museum was very interesting and made me remember the exhibit some of us saw at the V&A several years ago. We finished the day with an encore performance of Lord of the Rings.

Kris and Katy at the John Soane Museum

Liberty of London decked out for Christmas

The Carnaby Street decorations were chosen as best
by Time Out magazine

The Apple store on Regent's Street made me homesick
for our new, barely used computer

Katy was in Puma heaven -- she is holding a tiny pair for babies

The gang at the Walthamstow Market

The Walthamstow Market is great

The William Morris Museum is housed in this Georgian-era
house where Morris lived in his younger years

Waiting for the Tube back to Central London

Our encore visit to Lord of the Rings

I'll include the adventures from today in the next post.

OXO

D.