Week 61 in London

Week 61: 31 May - 5 June 2016

This weeks weather didn’t follow on as nicely as the week before – it was cold, windy and rainy. Brendan got drenched walking the five minutes from his bus to the office in the morning, so spent the rest of the day emitting the aroma of a wet dog.

On Friday, our soon-to-be visitors Lauren and Mark departed Australia bound for Paris.

The weather on Saturday wasn’t particularly inspiring to go outdoors either.

Sunday however was far nicer, warm and sunny. Meanwhile back in Australia, the east coast of Australia was dealing with severe storms and flooding.

Whilst heading out for the day on Sunday, we found a Deliveroo promotion at Clapham Common tube station. Deliveroo are a food delivery service – you can order from a large variety of restaurants and takeaways and Deliveroo will bring it to your home. The promotion was essentially a giant poker machine in the shape of a Deliveroo bag, and everyone was a winner of a Deliveroo voucher.

Collecting our winnings, we set off to trendy and alternative East London to the Columbia Road Flower Market. Each Sunday, this unassuming street near Shoreditch is transformed into a forest of foliage.

We went for lunch nearby at Red’s True Barbecue (because we’d seen it on Made in Chelsea), and enjoyed the deliciousness of smoked meats. After that, we hiked back over to Dark Sugars chocolate shop on Brick Lane. This little chocolate shop sells quality yet unpretentious chocolates, as well as hot chocolates with chocolate shavings on top. We found out about the place from a video seen on Facebook.

Highlights for the week:

- Wintery weather again

- Lauren and Mark got a little closer to visiting

- Deliveroo promo

- Columbia Road Flower Market

- Red’s True Barbecue
- Dark Sugars chocolate shop