So, a bunch of us got together to wander aimlessly around London with Silvercup. There was me, Matthew, Zarniwoop, Beasty and (in his first ever RinkMeet) Entropy_kid, who is much older than I had assumed. We met up at the Victoria Monument, just outside Buckingham Palace at midday. Matthew started dropping subtle hints that hes was hungry, so we went for a pub lunch. We took the opportunity to educate Silvercup in the proper appreciation of the Scots and Welsh.

The we walked around Charing Cross and Oxford street. There was some kind of hideous accident on on Charring Cross that required a dozen police cars and fire engines, and about a mile of POLICE LINE: DO NOT CROSS tape. But we couldn't see what had actually happened. On Oxford Street there were more fire engines belting along, and looking like they needed to be somewhere in a hurry. We also made another convert to the Cult Of The Jaffa Cake.

Then we went through Hyde Park, and got to hear people denouncing war in the Middle East at Speaker's Corner. We also got to see a plume of smoke coming from the south east. I can't find any reference to it online, though. We sat on the backs of the Serpentine for a while, and watched rollerbaders and horseriders, and someone in bizzare springy boots go by. We tried to explain the rules of rugby and snooker, and Zarn tried to get the geese to eat rocks.

After about half an hour of this, we decided to see if we could get tickets for the London Eye. But it was too expensive, and the queues were far too long. So instead, we headed over to Westminster Palace and Parliament Square so Silvercup could take some photoes.

We went to get a drink, and take the weight off our feet for a while, but Zarniwoop was turned away by the first place we tried for looking too young. So we went to another pub around the corner. We chatted about stuffs, and then sort of wandered off to our respective homes.

Everyone claimed to have enjoyed themselves.

"Next time," we say "Next time, we'll plan what to do, as well as just where to meet."

winter"I'll believe it when I see it, though."mute