Today is the Summer Bank Holiday. More importantly for us, it is the day each year when we celebrate our anniversary. Choosing a bank holiday for this means that we always have the day free to spend as we wish.

We also used to celebrate today as the “official birthday” of our beloved Freya and though she is no longer here, we remember her with affection.

A thoughtful stare
Photo by Tigger

We started with a stroll to the deli, passing round Myddelton Square. Here we were in luck, managing to spot one of the cats who live there. We were the object of a thoughtful stare.

Pigeon flypast

Quite by chance, someone or something disturbed “my friends” (the garden’s pigeons) who flew up as a flock almost as though they were performing a flypast in honour of our anniversary.

Sitting outside the deli

We took coffee at the deli and sat outside. It’s a grey day today, with rain threatening (as usual on a British bank holiday), and it did start spitting while we were drinking our coffee.

Nothing daunted, we set out on foot to a destination we had in mind for this special day. Tigger took us on a roundabout path through the backstreets and even though I couldn’t quite see how this would lead us to where we wanted to go, I trusted Tigger and her “Inner Pigeon”.

Old Royal Free Hospital

We passed through the housing estate established in the grounds that were once those of the Royal Free Hospital and this brought us out exactly where we wanted to be.

Bellanger’s Brasserie

This was Bellanger’s Brasserie, reopened after closure during the pandemic. I mentioned this favourite place of ours recently (see A ticket but no squirrels) and said we looked forward to visiting it again.

We thought they might be booked up solid but we were in luck because we were early. We could have a table if we limited our time there to an hour and a quarter. That’s plenty of time for us!

Inside Bellanger’s

The food was as good as ever and the staff friendly and attentive. We enjoyed it greatly. Afterwards, we returned home and will stay in now for dthe rest of the day. Happy anniversary, Tigger!