I havent seen her in over a year and was taking down a long overdue birthday present....goldfish! I forgot to put them back in the plastic bag before we set off so we travelled from Dudley to Wolverhampton on the bus with a full tank of water and 2 little fishes scared out of their wits! When we got to Wolvo though a nice man in the pet shop put the fish in a bag for us and emtpied the tank of water. That was such a relief as I couldnt really walk that quickly carrying it and we had to get 2 trains and the tube. Still got quite a few funny looks on the train though. I dont think it's often people travel with goldfish!
They made it safe and sound though, which is the main thing, and the lid is secure enough on the tank so my friends cat can't get them. It did seem to enjoy sitting on the windowsill watching them. The Friday night my friend took us to one of her friends parties, with an underwater theme, which was great as I got to meet all her University friends. Colley wanted to dress up so he put on his goggles and flippers. Rather amusing watching him try and walk around the flat in flippers...he was waddling like a penguin! Some people's costumes were pretty well thought out. One guy painted a box and decorated it like a locker and wore it on his head. Can anyone guess what he was...? Thats right, Davey Jone's locker! One girl made a hat and came as a jelly fish and another made a big fish mask/hat thing. They all looked great.
Saturday didn't quite go as we planned it. We hit Camden Town for a bit of shopping, and everytime I go there I experience dress envy, and feel totally underdressed! It is an amazing place, expensive, but beautiful. I finally got a new bag for Uni, and since all the trousers were mega expensive I got a new top and Colley managed to get a tshirt, waistcoat and this cool jumper for £60. The jumper has zips on the hood and sleeves so you can turn it into a tshirt. Trying to get back to my mates was a nightmare though. Rush hour on the tube with probably 100 people trying to get through the doors and barriers? No ta! We caught the bus to a quieter station.
As it was my birthday the week before, we were going to go on a Ripper Walk on Saturday night as my birthday treat, but I don't think London was ready to make my dream come true quite yet. The internet said the meetin time was at 7:30 outside Tower Hill station so we set off in plenty of time and made it to Whitechapel quite quickly. However, the tube we needed to get to Tower Hill was closed over the weekend! Thankfully there was a replacement bus service, which took ages to turn up and then we had to wait as it was dangerously close to overheating. By this time I'd resigned myself to the fact we probably had missed the walk, but my friend was determined to get us there and was getting rather riled. It's not often I see her like that and she's funny. We finally arrived at Tower Hill station and found the meeting point, only to be told by posters that the walks started at 6:30!!! We missed the walk by a whole hour! On the plus side I got to see the castle and tower all lit up at night.
It doesn't take as long as what it looks like it will, though it is really windy. I think this is the bridge in the London episodes of Bones that they're sitting waiting to see open and when it finally does Booth and Bones have their backs to it.
We managed to find a nice pub, well it was the first one we came to but it was still nice. Had a giggle at the name. We all had a pint at The Horniman. The full name is the horniman at Hayes but The Horniman was funnier.
Sunday was a quieter day. My other friend who shares the house was camped out on the Strand waiting for the Baftas so the plan was to take her lunch, get some for outselves and then get back to Euston for our train home. Again, London din't like that. There were loads of tube closures so we only managed to get to London Bridge before having to find a bus. First we got the wrong bus stop, then after waiting yonks outside the London Dungeon (which is another place I'm just dying to go to) for our bus we checked the travel information to find out that the bus we were waiting for was experiencing severe delays because of road works and would not be stopping at our stop. Pants! In the end we managed to get another tube to the other end of the Strand, but because we had out bags and the time it took to get there, my friend left us at Maccys while she ran our other mate her lunch before meeting us back at Maccys so she could take us to Euston. Thankfully there were no more delays or interuptions! We managed to get to Euston with 40 mins to kill before the train left.
Despite all the travel mayhem, we had a great time and it was lovely to see my friend again. I'm going to try and get back down in the summer so we can do the Ripper Walk, and we're gonna get there an hour early just in case!
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