A tale of 6 pubs

It was a damp start to the day but Jill was meeting a friend of hers at Paddington. Another Ian was coming in from Cardiff, so we met at The Victoria for lunch. Good food and good company meant we ignored the rain pourng down.

Jill playing chess with Paddington Bear

I left them to chat and went home as I was meeting my mate Rob from Manchester later. I met him 5 years ago in Cyprus and have seen him a number of times since in Manchester and Australia.

We caught up first in Whitehall at The Lord Moon of the Mall. I just love the weird names of pubs here. A feed was had and then we started properly on covering off a few more pubs.

Next stop was The Sherlock Holmes, followed by a really good pub called The Ship and Shovell, which is on both sides of a laneway. 

The Sherlock Holmes

From there we sauntered to The Prince of Wales where the locals were out in force including some strangely dressed people. 

Time was slipping by so we made our way closer to Westminster station (and the tube) and made our final stop at The Red Lion which is right opposite the Government buildings and filled with public servants.

Rob and I

So having been to 6 pubs in the day I was feeling a tad weary on the trip home, but still managed to beat Fi home! Got home about 11.30 and Fi arived at 11.45 straight from work. She needed a quick debrief, and then it was goodnight for me!

Will see what today brings after I tidy up here and wait for the cleaner to come.