The Weekend

A couple of fun things on the weekend - P and I went to see '300' at the BFI IMAX theatre. There is a good preview of the film you can see if you click here. It was P's idea and it turned out to be quite a good one for a Friday night (as not too heavy). Action movies with lots of blood and splatter aren't something I would usually go for but somehow in the IMAX it seemed far more attention-grabbing.

Today we finally had some lovely weather - 15 degrees and sunny - so we decided to make the most of it and get out and aobut. We walked along the Thames from Wapping to Greenwich, then saw a play at the Greenwich Playhouse. It took us about two hours to walk there, at a quite a leisurely pace. I have only walked as far as Canarf Wharf before so it was great to walk further along and see a new area. Here are some photos so you can check it out too.

This is one of the many canals in the docklands area.

P outside Greenwich Tunnel

Entrance to the tunnel.

There is a descent about 85 steps down to the Greenwich tunnel. It's a pedestrian tunnel that goes right under the river. I had heard it was wet and damp but I am glad to confirm it wasn't leaking! I was surprised to see how many people were using it - it was quite busy.

Once in Greenwich we went to see Noel Cowards' 'Relative Values'. I booked it this morning on lastminute.com and we paid £10 for the ticket, not much of a saving since they were normally £11. When we arrived we were surprised to see that the theatre is really just a room upstairs in a pub. A very intimate space, all the chairs were crowded around stage, and there were maybe only 100 people in the room (this photo is a bit dark but I wanted to show you how cute it was). The play was fantastic - great dialogue -and really well performed. Especially Brigid Lohrey who played the Countess of Marshwood. Her vowels were so crisp that when I looked up her bio, I was surprised to see that she is actually Australian :) Really good fun!