"Richmond Park"

On Friday night, we met at St James's Park tube station after work and headed over to The Old Star for a few drinks and some dinner. Nice pub, good atmosphere, but the food was a little lacking.

Saturday was a stunning day; beautiful blue sky and sunshine, although still a little nippy in the shade. We were off to Emirates Stadium to see our 5th game there this season. Megan was extra excited, as she had just bought her very own Arsenal shirt that morning!!! Megan also bought a very cute hat and some mittens (see hat below). We got out there early and had a couple of drinks at a pub just down the road from the stadium, which was packed full of Gooners (for those not in the know, a Gooner is an Arsenal fan). We had enough time to stop in to the massive stadium store, The Armoury, to pick ourselves up some Arsenal mugs. No surprises which one Megan chose...Fabregas. Tim got an Arsenal retro mug (see below).

Emirates Stadium was looking picture perfect, and Arsenal didn't disappoint, beating Bolton 2-0, and maintaining Megan and Tim's 100% record at the stadium: 5 games, 5 wins. Arsenal has now won 11 games in a row and sit proudly at the top of the Premier League table, as the 60,000 fans made very clear throughout the match.

After a little post-match entertainment, we grabbed some kebabs for dinner and made our way to Simon's new place in Kilburn to watch the Rugby World Cup final. Simon and his mate, Pete, have just bought this flat and it was our first visit there. It's a really cool place, very spacious! Thankfully South Africa won what was one of the most boring games we have ever sat through, so we don't have to listen to quite as much jibber jabber at work on Monday morning.

Sunday was another stunning day. After a much needed sleep in, we set off for Richmond Park. We had hoped to see some of the deer that allegedly roam there. As it turned out we got a little lost and ended up walking around the outside of the park, along the banks of the Thames. So we didn't quite make it in to the main part of Richmond Park, and we certainly didn't see any deer. However, we had a very nice walk (for well over an hour) and we had fun playing in the autumn leaves. We also enjoyed our ice cream from a "Lorenzo" truck...just doesn't have the same ring to it as Mr Whippy...

Very exciting dinner on Sunday: roast chicken!!!

Proud as

Punch in her

new Arsenal

shirt

The new hat

Retro mug

and Fabregas

mug

Perfect

Church near

Kew Gardens

Banks of the

Thames

Megs playing

with leaves...

In Richmond
Park...sort of