Hugh had some important smoozing of a showbiz type nature to attend to, so he gave Darrell a fully loaded Oyster Card and told him to be “a free spirit on the underground and go hither and thither embracing London in all it’s plenitude”…. adding that he would meet up with him at the end of the day when they would go to a “darling Thai” he frequented on the Portobello Road
Being given the freedom of the city of London was almost too much for Darrell to bear, before he had always had someone to accompany him but now he was a free agent to wander at will….
….. So his first port of call was Liverpool Street Station …. an odd choice admittedly, but ….. Darrell’s places to land on and buy of choice when we play our annual game of Monopoly at Christmas are the stations …. which is also why when he saw this sign pointing to Fenchurch Street Station he couldn’t resist asking a passing American tourist if he would mind taking his picture in front of it! What is he like?
Darrell decided that his next port of call had to be the Gherkin …. as he said “It would be a thrill to see an iconic building that always features at the beginning of The Apprentice, in real life!” 
It did not disappoint ….. although he said he didn’t think he could eat a whole one !!!!!!!
And …he didn’t really didn’t expect to find that there was a newsagents at the bottom of it! 
Darrell decided that as it was all too wonderful he really ought to linger a while to drink in the romance of being in the heart of London’s financial centre ….
… and so availed himself of a “gourmet coffee”, secretly hoping that if he stayed there long enough he might be fortunate enough to see Sir Lord Alan Sugar nippinig into the aforementioned newsagents for his newspaper, a packet of polo mints and perhaps a packet of biscuits to take back to his office …..
….. but after three hours 
…. heading back to Notting Hill to visit Jamie Oliver’s new shop …. to be continued …..
8 comments:
You look so very much the London young man about town! One would think you were merely on a coffee break relaxing after a morning of major financial decisions.....perfect shirt/tie for your day exploring London town!....especially wonderful pictures.....Dianne
No income tax, no vat ........ now why did that song come into my mind after reading the blog today....can't think why.
Can't wait for the next thrilling installment of the man about the city. Just loving that hair - i think it should start a blog of its own.
Hair today gone tomorrow.
JantheFan x
JtF - I was thinking along the same lines. Did you meet Del Boy?
Darrell are you sure you were a man about town on your own the back of that man at the coffee bar with the very big bag looks a bit like our buliding loving mad friend rick who was ment to be slogging his guts out at a photo shoot all day and turned up at our house just after you arrived back smelling of vodka and champs saying he had been in town with a up and comming star from the midlands and was having a little drinky phoos with him in every showbiz hang out on the river and eastend and it was such a blast he had not had such fun in a long time , me being me did not put 2 +2 together but looking at that photo i am in 2 minds about your day out i will have to look in to this a bit more big Baker street love marc
Marc - intriguing.
221B Baker Street?
Sherlock Holmes to investigate instead of Tom the Scientist?
P.S.
"Darrell Does The Gherkin." I thought it was a new dance craze. Did Marc or Hugh write this blog post instead of Mum or Mum's monkey? It has their touch to me.
P.P.S. Or was the usual writer very drunk on posh drinks?
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