We’d been
talking about heading to Camden Town since arriving in London but hadn’t made
it there despite all the London Kiwi’s (and others) saying we had to go there. Today was the day!
After
rugging up we headed out, passing pigeons on Elgin Ave gorging themselves on
yellow berries and to the tube. On arrival in Camden we wandered the main
street and through all the markets and many shops. Loads of people and a whole
lot of stuff for sale, the sculptures/painting/decoration on the outside of
many of the shops were very cool and numerous photos can attest to this. We
even had blue sky and sunshine in which to appreciate it all – spoilt!
On down the
road to Camden Lock and that market, the water and willow trees were looking
great in the afternoon light so we took more pics before descending into the
seemingly never ending maze of stalls. Once again the variety, quality and
awesomeness of men’s fashion here made Bray want to buy lots of things but he
restrained himself.
The bronze
horses of the Horse Tunnel and Stables Markets impressed us and we found a tiny games shop in Camden Lock
Market that looked promising in our hunt for Citadels, this is a game we were keen to play on Christmas Day but
had left ours in NZ.
We asked
them and they were out of stock but expecting one game to arrive with a
shipment within the hour or so. Excited, we continued around the market and
found a Christmas present for Clare before returning to check if it had arrived
– no luck. So we consoled ourselves with Chinese food on the scooter seats by
the river before returning again to the game store...still no luck. This drove
us to purchase a bag of hot mini donuts to keep us company on our walk home
along Regent’s Canal.
During the
walk we discovered some graf, The Pirate Castle, bridges underlit with fun
lights, some artwork entitled Visions of
the Canal by school students, a houseboat that was partially submerged and
some that remained canal-worthy, some pretty regency housing, a pagoda with two
swans and the Snowdon Aviary (we could tell it was coming closer by the smell –
stinky!). The light was almost totally gone by this point so we headed up to
some street lights for the last leg home past Regent’s Park, Lords and Maida
Vale station.
Bray made
delicious Shepherd’s Pie for dinner and we looked at photos from our last few
days then a little bit of wedding chat, NBA watching and journal writing before
bed.
