I'm in that London for a gig in Hyde park this weekend and will be mostly staying around that general area. Anyone fancy a drink? Nothing heavy, just a beer or two somewhere would be good.
Failing That, pub recommendations are most welcome.We were in town for a BST hyde park gig on the sunday to see Tom Petty and the heartbreakers. Which was nice. We had 3 days to look around which of course flew by.
Here are some photos from the adventure:
Nice pub outside our hotel at Hyde Park, which thankfully we only found on our second night or our hangovers would have been a lot worse:
Turns out Hyde park is a lot bigger than I expected and really rather pretty. Lots of bees sleeping on the floor for some reason under the trees.
Covent garden was quite nice. Really busy though so we didnt stop.
Lego shop had a cool wall thing. Was so crowded I didnt bother trying to get any other photos. They had the Saturn 5 set and I was so tempted.
Piccadilly Circus before pride arrived
Went to a greek restaurant on the friday night, spent a fortune but it was well worth it. Nice beer
Tower bridge. I usually love open top bus tours but this one took 4 odd hours to cover a very short distance so we didnt make use of our 2 day pass to go back, which was a shame.
A bank. I think this one is the cause of all life's problems.
That thing that was a crocodile on the start of have i got news for you in the 90s
A fairground ride that's got out of hand
That thing from top gear
A
massive temporary erection put up just for pride
The Gig. It was Tom Petty with Stevie Nicks supporting
The lumineers were on before them though
Like musical aids they were, strawberry floating awful cider advert grade bland gooseberry fool. Sounded like they'd got hold of and ripped off a lost David Gray b-sides album.
We bought nice tickets so we didn't have to mix it with the povvos
The Summer garden, with a big nice trump wall, presumably to keep out all the scary foreigns that I hear they have around there:
The diamond circle viewing area, which was strawberry floating brilliant. You could be about 20 people deep from the stage with loads of room around you, wander in and out for a piss in 5 ins:
Then look behind you to see this
Poor bastards.
Tom petty and Stevie nicks. I think I got something stuck in my eye a few times when she performed fleetwood mac songs
Official that london recommendation - 4 Meldrews out of 5. Would got to empty my bank account again.