Day 46 = 14 miles in a circle around London! Amazing sunny day in the capital - happy days!
4 miles along the canal...
...to Regents Park, for some more wildlife spotting. Not sure what it is. I think maybe an Alpaca. t looked quite surprised to see me. Like it knew I was looking at it illegally through the fence and not paying to look at it through the proper fence inside to zoo.
Then on to the Rose Garden - a dream!
...on the way I saw a big entourage of cars with a police escort. If I was good at telling stories, this would be very exciting. But I have no idea who it was or what they were doing, so that makes for a slightly less exciting tale. I was quite impressed with the signs in the windscreens of some of the cars: 'staff 1', 'staff 2' and 'staff 3'. Three cars of staff. Spent a few minutes thinking about how you could need enough staff to fill three cars. And then how you would order them into the different cars? Chef would definitely be in car 1, obviously. Probably with the sommelier. Then I might need a wardrobe person, and they would be in number 1 too. But what about hair and make up. No room left in car 1, but surely they are as important as wardrobe? And what about shoes? Spent a while worrying about this.
Then realised this was futile. Current chef-ing needs are a recovery milkshake, and I can do that. After last Thursday, I won't be needing a sommelier for some time. Current wardrobe needs = leggings and trainers. Hair and make-up, let's not go there, I've been running for 8 miles in 20oC. My staff could probably fit on a scooter. Oh wait, I have no staff.
Well that was a waste of time.
I think it could possibly have been the Queen in the cars, as I then ran down through Green Park to Bucks Palace to say hi to the her, but she wasn't in, so I had to do without afternoon tea. Which was a shame, as I like the Queen, and I was also running out of water by that point...
...ran on through St James Park to say hi to the pelicans, who were all asleep on a rock, and on to Parliament Square....
...and then along the river, all the way past the London Eye, the Tate Modern, The Globe, and the Golden Hind to London Bridge....
....then up to Liverpool Street, around the back of Brick Lane, and on to home.
Awww. Don't want to stop, was a cracking run! Funny, 14 miles is the longest run I've done since Saturday, but it felt like the shortest. I love London!
On arriving home, I performed all my staffing needs and made my own milkshake, washed my own hair and chose my own outfit for the afternoon. Then I walked for a mile to the charity shop with two bin bags of stuff (like actual stuff to get rid of, not just for fun) in the sunshine, and got too hot and my hair went frizzy. I think sometimes (/often) that things would be a lot easier if I was rich. Or at least had a car.
Stats
Days: 46
Total miles: 444.35 miles
That sounds like a brilliant run. The roses in Regents Park look lovely.
ReplyDeleteI would guess you saw Michelle Obama. She was in London yesterday wasn't she. Obviously travels light.
Being poor ignorant country folk I had to look up 'sommelier' in the dictionary!!!! We now know a new word although I think it will have limited use in our vocabulary. We can unscrew the tops of the Aldi wine bottles without help!!
Mum xx