Symmetry

Sheffield Wednesday v Watford

Saturday 13^th September

A full weekend in London started with London CAAT’s second Merchants of Death walk – shortened to ten Central London offices – starting at Victoria (and INSYS Lockheed Martin) as before but ending with MBDA and drinks at the Chandos. The decision to do the walking tour on a Saturday may have been one of the reasons why more than twice as many people turned up but Edda’s PR work undoubtedly contributed. There was no escort today, though I’d received a call earlier in the week from someone at Charing Cross police station and we were asked what we were doing outside Aegis (opposite Scotland Yard) and I was told to put my sign down in “a royal park” (outside Buckingham Palace).

At home, Jun had already fed my mum and Brian when I returned and I checked the score (WFC went down 2-0 at Hillsborough), we caught a bus (Oysters and passes) to Waterloo Bridge and the Thames Festival. We started on Thames Beach and then walked east along the South Bank (taking in some Korean taekwondo as part of their Ch’usok or Harvest Moon festival) and had drinks at Doggetts by Blackfriars bridge. We were too late for the Feast on the Bridge so crossed London Bridge and caught a taxi to Chinatown.

On Sunday we played a little Wii and then did much the same route for the second day of the festival. We caught a little parkour and some Indian dancing, though the highlight for mum and Brian seemed to be the drunk guy who joined the Bollywood-style boogie. More drinks at the same pub led to a number 17 home and Jun’s cooking. We saw them off with vases, jars of sauce, a camera and a phone and said “see you on the other side of the world” (Beijing in 40 days).