Refreshment

Our weather has been constantly changing- rainy then warm and sunny... Thankfully we lucked out on the day we chose to have our adventure this week because it was a hot one! We packed up our bags and headed down to London Fields to meet up with a couple of friends and their little ones at the Lido. It was my first introduction with a Lido and lets just say I was very impressed! It is the only one that is heated in London and is fairly new so it was particularly special.

We set up a picnic and lounged in the sun and traded off watching one another's babies so we could alternate doing laps. I felt like I was on holiday!

I'm already planning when we can go there again!

Rooftop Gardens

I have decided that Samuel and I are going to have regular adventure days and last week that day was to the South Bank. We had such a great time and some how things slotted together in such a perfect way. I was really hoping for some good coffee + reading time while Samuel napped, but didn't know if it would happen.

Happen it did and in the most perfect way... I found a lift to the rooftop gardens (which was a gift in and of itself as at first it looked like there was only a winding staircase to it) and after exploring the allotments for a bit I noticed 2 things: Samuel was getting sleepy and there was a rooftop cafe! Perfection!

Needless to say, I was a very happy girl. I had a full 45 minutes to drink a latte while reading Shantaram in the sunshine.

Festival of Britain

Samuel and I took a trip to the South Bank this past week to see the Festival of Britain. There are beach huts, bunting, a fish and chip and ice cream truck, a beach and even an allotment on top of Queen Elizabeth Hall (I'll share the photos I took of that another day as it deserves it's own post:)). I have heard it is quite busy on the weekends, but we went on a weekday and it was perfectly peaceful.

Samuel taking it all in.