Weekend in London (2)

On Sunday, we had all day to ourselves - our flight wasn't until the evening - so, after another leisurely breakfast, we checked out and then headed for the West End. We got off the Tube at Oxford Circus and popped in to the Apple store (Jo needs a new phone) and John Lewis (we're thinking of buying a Kindle). We then meandered through the West End, stopping occasionally in some of the lovely peaceful garden squares, and checking out the many blue heritage plaques on some of the buildings - Jimi Hendrix right next door to Handel was one of them!

Once it was respectably late enough for us to do so, we stopped for a quick beer at the Audley:

Eventually we ended up at Shepherd Market, a place I used to frequent at lunchtimes in my days at Black & White's Devonshire House. It's a lovely little sanctuary in the heart of Mayfair - no traffic and lots of eateries - very "continental". My favourite pub was Ye Grapes so we went back there, and we were delighted to find that the current owner/manager apparently had a Thai wife/partner so we had a lovely Thai meal and a couple of pints for our late lunch:

Then it was off to the airport and back home again - a lovely weekend.