London January 2016
January 2016
Pictures from London at the start of 2016.
John's Pictures

New Year's Day
Friday 1st January 2016
Erika and I had planned to go down to Devon toay to see Geandad, but the trains completely failed us, so we decided to just stay in London and go to Naoko-san's New Year's Day party instead.
Grey and Miserable
Saturday 2nd January 2016
Rather a grey and miserable day. Was running out of ideas for things to do so we just went to the playground for a bit, and went to our nearby pasta place for lunch.
Stick Man
Sunday 3rd January 2016
Took Erika to the Stick Man show. I thought it was a bit rubbish but Erika seemed to like it.
Twelfth Night
Tuesday 5th January 2016
Or thereabouts. We took the Christmas decorations down.
Gnomezilla
Wednesday 6th January 2016
A garden ornament I received as a late Christmas present.
Bumbling
Saturday 9th January 2016
Spent a pleasant day aimlessly bumbling about after Chie came back from Japan.
Hampstead and Woodlands
Sunday 10th January 2016
Decided to walk over the heath to Hampstead, and once there had lunch at Woodlands.
Hampstead Again
Monday 11th January 2016
After Erika (and Chie in fact) went to sleep, I decided on a whim to pop back to Hampstead as I had a hankering to visit one of the pubs we'd seen on our walk around yesterday.
Zoo, Rossopomodoro and St. James's
Saturday 16th January 2016
Took Erika for a quick visit to the zoo in the morning, then we all went for lunch at Rossopomodoro, and then later in the afternoon I went to do a bit of shopping in St. James's.
Sunday
Sunday 17th January 2016
Mostly tried to keep Erika entertained at home in the daytime, as we were a bit too lazy to go out. In the evening the girls went to see a friend of Chie's for a nabe party, and I saw a fox on the streets of Kentish Town.
Belgravia with Al
Tuesday 19th January 2016
Just one odd picture taken by accident at the Boisdale at the end of an evening out in Belgravia with Al.
Tom Tom
Wednesday 20th January 2016
Went to Tom Tom for lunch.
Lunch at My Club
Thursday 21st January 2016
Went for lunch at my club with Chie.
Iron and Ties
Friday 22nd January 2016
Couple of odd pictures of the iron supplement I started taking recently, and some ties.
Lunch at Al's House
Saturday 23rd January 2016
Picture on the train on the way back from Al's house in Wimbledon, where we went for lunch.
Playground
Sunday 24th January 2016
Took Erika to the playground for a bit in the afternoon.
Venetian Negroni
Tuesday 26th January 2016
Made a Negroni with Select.
Black Winter Truffle and Gosset
Wednesday 27th January 2016
Popped out to St. James's at lunchtime to do a bit of shopping for a celebratory meal - a black winter truffle and a bottle of Gosset Champagne.
Crass Bonus Day Celebration in St. James's
Thursday 28th January 2016
A crass martini and assorted sparkling wine fulled binge in St. James's with colleagues to celebrate bonus day earlier this week.
Dim Sum with Nina-chan
Saturday 30th January 2016
Dim sum with Erika's friend Nina-chan.
Zoo and Party
Sunday 31st January 2016
Took Erika to the zoo in the morning, and a friend's birthday party in the afternoon.