Decided to take the kids past 'the monument' on the way to meet an old friend (Janice from my 'Bank of England' days) for lunch. Pretty impressive queue of people waiting to climb up it(half-term break for school here), so just did the blurb to the boys about it's relevance. Lots of building works going on around it (the whole space around the monument is now pretty closed in ).
Meet Janice at 'Simpsons' on Cheapside.
http://www.simpsonstavern.co.uk/
Chris rescued me from the boys who were causing a 'nuisance'(ignoring the 'please be quiet' signs) outside the tavern . He took them off for adventures on the 'Golden Hinde II'(replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship) while I had a catch up with Janice.
http://www.goldenhinde.com/
Really enjoyed lunch, was a real 'British Chophouse' so Janice and I both ordering vegetarian was a little out of the ordinary - the waiter seemed slightly amused as were we with the 'size' of the meals (and the 'goblet' sized glasses of wine) - real bloke sized food. I was even more amused by the facial hair displayed by the men (some quite fashionable(on the younger men) but some(on the older men) extremely old-school (long beards and moustaches - thick and grey)) - not too many women around. Was fantastic to see Janice again(looking gorgeous as always) and to hear what has been happening over the last 5 years since we last meet.
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