Move on now

Essex & London, UK

Just another Monday morning rolled around, and for this one I took a car ride into central London with Tim. I checked out his office/showroom and started taking pictures with my newest toy. I've never had a camera that makes that satisfying shutter release sound up till now and I have to admit, it sounded and felt great.

Onward I headed off to Oxford St, scampering in and out of the cold Febuary weather. A few T shirts here, a CD or two there... I was enjoying my London shopping expience. I continued to experiment with shutter speeds and apertures as I made my was pas Horseguards Parade and then past Nelsons Column. I eventually made it to the South Bank where I met Flee for lunch at the Slug n Lettuce.

I explored a little more after my bangers n mash; found a photographical exhibition and chatted to UK mates on local call charges rather than overseas.

The Sun dropped and the cold got more uncomfortable than I was comfortable with, so I headed for some final clothes shopping in an impossibly hot high street chain store before grabbing some nice Thai dinner and heading off home via the tube and overland C2C services.

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Mum had timed her birthday well for my visit home, or maybe that should be the other way around. Either way, Sian had taken the day off of work and together, the 3 of us went for a cafe lunch in Leigh, a town located a little North East of home. Grove offered some tasty sandwiches before we browsed the little shops in the local precinct for mothers day cards and gifts. I delved off once again to take some pictures on this particularly cold and blustery day by the Thames Estuary.

That evening, it was Fonfara tradition to have a birthday meal followed by cake and gifts. In the background, some music eminating from dad's hi-fi as we pulled open some party crackers. Curry's all round, Megan aside who's little mouth hasn't quite adapted to the spices of India just yet.

Happy Birthday mum X