With more than a nod to the newsdesk sketches from TV’s old Two Ronnies show, we have yet another ‘weird news’ article from the online Metro newspaper to inspire a limerick…
…and here it is:
A recidivist old lag and con Nicked the police station’s loo one fine morn. Much to their dismay He got clean away And the cops said they’d nothing to go on!
Postscript: the original from Ronnie Barker…
The perfect crime was committed last night, when thieves broke into Scotland Yard and stole all the toilets. Police say they have absolutely nothing to go on.
So, I’ve just returned from a long weekend spent wandering the streets of London with Firstborn.
We took in a couple of shows – Mary Poppins (terrific) and Back to the Future (great effects, but no memorable songs) – and the ‘immersive’ van Gogh exhibition (interesting without ‘gripping). We dangled across the Thames on the London cable car, which was fun-but-brief…
Coming to land from the ‘Dangleway’
…and strolled around Islington and Greenwich…
Looking towards the old naval college, Canary Wharf and central London from the prime meridian at Greenwich.
…and the Spitalfields market (I can recommend the Humble Crumble stall!).
Yum!
We also visited Sir Ian McKellen’s Limehouse pub, The Grapes, so that the Millennial amongst us (and lover of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) could see Gandalf’s Staff that’s exhibited behind the bar. Good pub grub and we had the best seats in the bar!
Gandalf’s Staff on display behind the bar
It is, of course, the trip to The Grapes that inspired the following…
A wizard once said with a laugh “We sell wine by the glass or caraffe, So why don’t you traipse For some plonk at The Grapes And get to play with my Staff!”
Postscript: we also went to a lot of cafés. List courtesy of Firstborn…
Friday
• Miki’s Paradise, Holloway Road, breakfast • Minimalist cafe in islington, tea and coffee, find name • Kipferl, Islington, lunch • Regents Canal cafe, canal no 5? Hot drink and pastry
Saturday
• Half Cup, St Barts Square, brunch • Pangea, Spitalfields, tea • Humble Crumble, Spitalfields, crumble • Trade, Spitalfields, tea and pastry • Caffe Nero off the Strand, tea • Papa Johns, Hotel, pizza
Sunday
• Dad – caffe nero St Paul’s, coffee • The Grapes, Canning Town, lunch and sorbet • Fratellis, across the cable car from Greenwich, tea and coffee • Monsoon cafe, Greenwich, sandwich
Monday
• Caffe Nero, St Paul’s, tea • Attendant Coffee, farringdon, brunch • Black Sheep Coffee, Wembley, tea – Alice
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