Lazy Sunday in Richmond

Sunday started with a sleep in and a lovely bacon and egg breakfast a' la Narelle ie. with some good old Aussie tomato sauce ;) much needed after meeting some friends the night before in Putney for dinner....and a few pints...and a few glasses of wine. Was lovely to catch up with Jen and Paul, some friends who I haven't seen in almost a year.

After the caffeine and grease injection we thought it might be nice to enjoy the lovely sunshine before it starts raining later this week! So off to Richmond it was. My first experience of the "station closed", "please use the replacement bus service" and "get the bus from *unintelligible stand number*" ensued. Is it too much to ask that the guy who's sole job it was to tell people this information all day actually spoke some sort of English?

We eventually found the right stop and after a replacement bus service, a walk and a tube we were in Richmond (as opposed to the original plan of an overland train for a measly two stops down the track). But I must say it was worth the effort....very English country village feel and absolutely gorgeous. We thought we'd take a walk along the Thames as it was so pretty.

Richmond

We didn't count on the next bridge across the river being about 4 miles down the walking track! Although when we spotted the lovely Anglers pub on the other side of the bridge in Teddington we didn't complain ;) A Pimm's and lemonade (my first) and some food and we were once again happy campers. Until the mammoth journey to get home again via overland/walk/tube......ahhh gotta love London travel.


The Anglers pub in Teddington.