Week 68 in London

Week 68: 18 - 24 July 2016

Roslyn went for a fun-filled site visit with work on Tuesday afternoon to one of London’s newest attractions, the worlds highest and longest slide. Newly constructed within the UK’s tallest public artwork, the iconic red steel Orbit Tower at Olympic Park, the tunnel slide stretches 178 metres in total.

In lieu of some early starts and late finishes a few months ago, she enjoyed a day off on Friday.

With all the recent hype surrounding Pokemon Go, we decided to see what all the fuss was about, although neither of us was into Pokemon 10+ years ago as children. We headed across to Hyde Park on Saturday to enjoy the fine summer weather, and hired a paddle boat to float around on The Serpentine. Hyde Park was a hub of Pokemon activity, and we caught several even though we weren’t sure if they were good ones.

We woke early on Sunday so that we could Skype Brendan’s grandma, Elsie, for her birthday. It was fairly short lived though as once the clock hit 4:30pm in Australia, she was ready to go home.

Later we went for a walk down to the Battersea Flower Station, a quirky garden centre and florist on a long and narrow parcel of land wedged between the rear gardens of a row of houses and the railway tracks.

We continued onto Battersea Park, where we sat ourselves on some lush grass for much of the afternoon to enjoy an excellent summer day. As it turned out, Battersea Park was also a hot spot for Pokemon hunting and full of Pokemon hunters.

Highlights for the week:

- Roslyn rode the slide at Orbit Tower

- Day off on Friday for Roslyn

- Pokemon hunting

- Paddle boating in Hyde Park

- Skyped Elsie

- Battersea Flower Station

- Relaxed in Battersea Park