Unfortunately for us, this week in London actually began while standing in line at immigration at Stansted Airport returning from Lisbon. There was certainly no easy cruising through like our last few visits.
The flight had been delayed slightly and then paired with the amount of time it took for us to clear immigration, we had missed the last train into London. Our only other option was the bus, finally walking in the door of our flat at around 3am Tuesday. A few hours later and Brendan was awake again heading off to work, while Roslyn was lucky enough to have a work from home day.
On Wednesday night we farewelled Shaun from back where it all began, the bar next to the Contiki headquarters and just near the first place we ever stayed in London, Russell Square. After 18 months in London, his visa was about to reach expiry (his started a few months before ours even though we all came over at about the same time) and it was time to return to Brisbane.
A recent crowdfunding venture by The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (The CATS) managed to successfully raise enough money to buy all of the advertising spaces on the escalators of Clapham Common tube station, and then filled every one of them with pictures of cats.
Roslyn was busily out and about again this week, catching up with her old RC Psych colleagues Lucy and George on Thursday night and then out on Friday with her current workmates to send off colleague Rachael.
She was out again for Florence's birthday party on Saturday night, meanwhile back home Brendan's childhood bedroom was being repainted from an almost fluorescent blue to a more neutral "Hogbristle".
On Sunday we went over to Battersea Park to face Go Ape. It was something we'd been meaning to do for a long time and had been finally booked many weeks prior (it's quite popular...) and now it was time to get harnessed up and take it on. Go Ape is kind of like an obstacle course in the air, with tree top platforms separated by a variety of crossings. The easier challenges included crossings made of fixed wooden stepping stones, while the harder ones involved planks tied to rope that swing as soon as you step on them. Our least favourite were the rope bridges, literally just single loops of rope that you have to walk across.
The zip lines were the most fun, but probably also the scariest. Although the other crossings were harder physically, most of them had some form handrail or something to hold. On the zip line, you have to have faith that the harness is going to somehow come off. A ridiculous fear really, given that with the way the course is designed, you can't actually detach from the track until you are back on the ground.
We made it through, bearing a few scratches and bruises each from where we had at some point slipped and hit our arms.
Highlights for the week:
- Late return from Lisbon, finally home at 3am Monday
- Farewelled Shaun at Russell Square
- Cat pictures at Clapham Common tube station
- Roslyn caught up with Lucy and George from RC Psych
- Farewell for Roslyn's colleague Rachael
- Roslyn at Florence's birthday party
- Go Ape at Battersea Park
Highlights for the week:
- Late return from Lisbon, finally home at 3am Monday
- Farewelled Shaun at Russell Square
- Cat pictures at Clapham Common tube station
- Roslyn caught up with Lucy and George from RC Psych
- Farewell for Roslyn's colleague Rachael
- Roslyn at Florence's birthday party
- Go Ape at Battersea Park
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