So we were on half-term grandparent duty today. Their mother brought them down to Brixton Station, where the Swan Whisperer met them and brought them back to the flat and, after coffee (hot chocolate for Boy Two), they went off climbing, while I stayed at home. When they had finished, they came back to the flat and picked me up, and we went into Brixton to have lunch. The boys would have liked to have gone to Mama Lan again, but it turns out to be closed on Tuesdays. This led us with the huge choice of restaurants that you can go to in Brixton, but as the boys love Mexican food, we finally ended up at Jalisco, where we had a delicious lunch. I had a breakfast burrito, which is basically a wrap filled with scrambled egg and hash brown (and hot sauce) which came with a choice of toppings - I chose roasted vegetables. It was delicious, but I couldn't finish it! I also ordered a Virgin Mary, which was incredibly spicy! It may not have had any vodka in it, but it was surely no virgin!!!
Anyway, after lunch we set off on a 159 bus to Parliament Square, and went for a walk. I had given the Swan Whisperer a book of London walks for Christmas, and we went on the one that technically started and finished at Trafalgar Square, but went through Parliament Square and it was easier to start and finish more-or-less there. It was a most enjoyable walk, even if I did keep stopping to take photographs. Up Whitehall,
through Admiralty Arch, along the Mall, then up through Carlton Gardens to St James' Square, along Pall Mall, down Marlborough Street, and across St James' Park. We then deviated from the walk proper to walk down to Tothill Street where there was a Prets and we stopped for refreshments. From there, it was only five minutes' walk to the Daughter's offices (now in Church House Westminster), so we left the boys with her and caught a no 3 bus back to Brixton, largely so that we could see how the rebuilding of Lambeth Mission St Mary's is coming along!
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