This morning, we went to Sainsbury’s for our weekly shop as usual.

Baron Street

It was a sunny morning but still a little chilly.

Farmers’ Market

The Farmers’ Market looked thin on the ground compared with its usual turnout. Perhaps some stallholders were taking a holiday after their busy Christmas and the New Year.

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s was averagely busy and we soon collected all our purchases.

Chapel Market

Here I am passing through the main market on my way to Mercer’s for our takeaway coffee, thus completing the Sunday morning ritual.

Aboard the 73

After lunch we set out again, catching a 73 bus.

A crowded Oxford Street

We left the bus in Oxford Street which was (for me) uncomfortably crowded.

Bright sky, dull streets

We walked along Oxford Street towards our intended destination. The sun was shining fitfully but the streets were already gathering shadows.

John Lewis, the light well

Our goal was John Lewis’s department store, where we took the escalator up, up and up to the fourth floor. I took a photo looking down the light well and the people on the ground floor looked like ants scurrying about.

The wool department

We came to the wool department because Tigger has agreed to crochet a hat for a colleague and needed to find wool of the colour required.

Wool, wool and more wool

Here we find wool of every colour and every thickness. There are bewilderingly many shades of every colour. Tigger photographed several skeins and texted the photos to her colleague for approval.

Huffington’s

After this, we felt we deserved a cup of tea and withdrew to Huffington’s, one of the in-store cafes.

The piano plays itself

We were intrigued by this piano which looked as though it was being played by the Invisible Man because the keys were being depressed and it was making music.

Order at the counter

A notice bade us wait beside it until called forward to the counter. When our turn came, we placed our order and paid and were instructed to sit at a table. Then our order was brought to us.

Tea and blueberry muffins
Photo by Tigger

We had tea and blueberry muffins.

The sun has set

By the time we emerged from John Lewis, the sun had set and electric lights were taking over from daylight.

Aboard the 7

There was one more thing to see before we returned home. So we caught a number 7 bus.

Marble Arch

The bus brought us to Marble Arch where the object of our search was to be found.

The Marble Arch Mound

The object in question was the art (?) installation known as the Marble Arch Mound. Is there a point to this eccentric and useless structure? Some people presumably think so. Today is its last day so we have at least seen it though I cannot say that the experience struck me as in any way meaningful.

Aboard the 205

We now started our journey home. We took two buses in succession, the second of which, the 205, brought us back to the Angel and home.

Thus, we have come to the end of the unexpected “holiday” that we enjoyed, courtesy of Omicron. Tomorrow, Tigger returns to work and I have an appointment at… No, I will recount that in due course, so watch this space!