Sunday 5 August 2007

Days 47, 48 & 49 - Farewell 1 Aldwych

Friday:

Another early start … checked out of 1 Aldwych - sad - it is my favourite contemporary hotel in London.

0700 – Arrive at Four Seasons, Park Lane for a lesson in floristry with James Pitman – the hilarious and witty on-site florist. Learnt how to do some floristry stuff that involved flowers and grass!

0900 – Arrive on Pimlico Road.

1000 – Dale Rogers Ammonite – basically fossils! It’s actually not only very interesting but its one of those places where you want to buy everything.

1200 – Lunch at the Daylesford Organic. A piece of Gloucestershire heaven has arrived in London. Great food and atmosphere and somewhere for the pup to sit!


That's Better!

1300 – David Linley – VERY VERY chic and wonderful furniture – meet up with Craig Allen – the creative director. You can buy a table for £20,000 or a door stop for £19.99 – I wonder which one I went for!

1400 – Plus One gallery – meet the lovely Maggie with pup, Jack. Her gallery focuses on “photo-realism” – basically a painting that looks like a photograph!

1600 – Head back to FS to pick up cars.

Mention of the day: Kate – Tom x 4 – who was very helpful!


Tom x 4 +Tim

Saturday:

0730 – Pup and I head off in car to Dorking (Surrey) to Denbies – the “home” of British Wine.

0930 – Arrive at vineyard and meet with Chris White – the General Manger; taste some fabulous stuff. Did you know that champagne was “invented” in the UK? Did you know that some soils in Kent & Surrey are BETTER than the stuff in Champagne … and so produce better wines?? Did you know that the Denbies sparkling stuff beat the likes of Moet & Chandon to be THE best in the world? Well, now you do …


Chris and Pup

A GREAT DAY!

1600 – bar-b-q

Sunday:

Day of rest, family and more bar-b-q.

Song of the Day: Boom! And there she was – Scritti Politti

Weather: Linen

Weight: 84.0 kgs

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