The Curious Incident...

We were out early to visit the Cutty Sark.  Last time we were here, it was just after the fire so we missed it.  They have done a brilliant job of restoring it and we had a pleasant but cold morning.

I dragged Allan to Harrod's after that, nominally looking for lunch.  What a disaster!  Millions of people - we couldn't move, so we gave up on that idea.

We had a matinee show booked, a play called the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.  Allan chose it, having read the book.  It was brilliant, quite different from anything I had ever seen.  We were seated in one of the boxes at the side with slightly restricted viewing - the only seats we could get as I believe the run is nearly fully booked out.  Anyway, the script called for the female lead to deliver some of her lines from our box - we were warned at half time that this would be happening. The actress was Niamh Cusack who appeared on TV years ago in a series called Heartbeat.  She patted me on the back and thanked us as she left the box, so we are moving in high circles talking to Kings and TV stars!

We ate at the hotel restaurant - a bit flasher than we'd previously done in London and enhanced by live entertainment from a piano player / singer. A fitting end to our week in the UK.
France tomorrow!