Food 2016 – Polpo, London

Sunday, 29th August 2016 – Polpo, Duke of York’s Square, London After failing to get any breakfast at all and spending the early part of the afternoon engaged in viewing Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones at the Saatchi Gallery we were very hungry and for that matter thirsty. Emerging blinking into a somewhat grey afternoon we…

Art 2016 – Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones, Saatchi Gallery

Sunday, August 28th 2016 – Saatchi Gallery, London Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones at the Saatchi Gallery proved to be a surprisingly worthwhile investment of £25.00 each. We initially felt that was a bit steep for gallery entry, but actually, unlike a lot of specially mounted exhibitions we have been to it was a very enjoyable…

Theatre 2016 – Richard III, the Almeida, London

Saturday, August 6th 2016 – Richard III, Almeida Theatre, London One of the things we promised ourselves now we’re not spending every spare moment on motor racing was that we would do more in the way of music and theatre with the time we gained back. And so, early this year, we started looking to…

Food 2016 – The Gilbert Scott, London

Saturday, August 6th, 2016 – The Gilbert Scott, The St. Pancras Hotel, London We like a post-theatre meal and with a visit to the Almeida Theatre in the afternoon, this was the perfect opportunity to try out the Gilbert Scott restaurant, especially as I had an offer for the three course set menu plus a…

Food 2016 – Le Gavroche, London

Monday, May 9th 2016 – Le Gavroche, London So after what feels like years of completely failing to get a table at Le Gavroche an invitation came through to attend a celebratory event there. I just needed to reply quickly to the email and hope I was faster than anyone else. I was! I paid…

Travel 2015 – London, Bruges, Day 1

Saturday, 12th December 2015 – London, Bruges This trip came about because we’d fancied a “Christmas Markets” type weekend away in the run up to Christmas and as I was hunting for something that appealed a deal came up for a Eurostar and hotel package at a price that was too good to walk away…

Running 2015 – Cancer Research UK London Winter Run

So… the inaugural Cancer Research UK London Winter Run, all 10k of it. As most people must already know my last actual race (as in a timed event with chip timing and everything – not a parkrun) was back in the mists of time, in March 2011 in fact when I completed the Silverstone Half…

Food 2014 – Baltic Bar and Restaurant, London

So after the harrowing experience that was the Crucible at the Old Vic, we figured dinner and a couple of drinks might well be necessary. With this is mind I had reserved a table at Baltic which is but a short, stunned lurch from the theatre. We’ve eaten there before and find that the food,…

Theatre 2014 – The Crucible, The Old Vic, London

We were lucky enough to get hold of tickets for what has been a pretty much sold out production of “The Crucible” at The Old Vic, opting for a Saturday afternoon matinee (made necessary by the fact that at almost 4 hours, if we’d gone for an evening performance we’d have spent the last half…