Hammersmith

Posted on 2008/10/18 09:57:29 (October 2008).

[Sunday 12th October]
Stayed in for the bulk of the daytime, but towards the end of the afternoon we were struck with that familiar sense of Narkurs (my own Meaning of Liff creation - that sense of guilt at having not done anything all day at the weeknd - see here).

As it was quite a nice day, I suggested we should go and find a nice spot by the river somewhere for a quick drink. I remember one of my books about London pubs had a whole section entitled "Boat Race Pubs", and from this I decided Hammersmith might be quite a good bet, as there were several nice looking riverside pubs there, and neither of us had ever been to Hammersmith before.

So on arrival we strolled down to the river - with seemingly quite a lot of other people - and parked ourselves outside the Blue Anchor. The pub apparently dates back to 1722, although it felt quite modern on the inside. Still, this was made up for by the rather nice location, and a good view of the handsome Hammersmith Bridge.

Chie recalled that her friends of hers - Hiroka-san and Dan - lived somewhere nearby in Hammersmith, so on the off chance gave them a call, and it turned it they were at home and not doing anything in particular, so came along and joined us. By chance we even managed to grab ourselves a table.

We didn't stay very late - I think we headed off around 6 or 7. Back at home in the evening we had Quorn and mushroom pies with some surprisingly successful roast potatoes for dinner.

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