Monday 3 February 2014

Bullseyes and Targets say St Margaret's, Lothbury

I suppose I should start with an apology………….so to the thousands of faithful readers out there, I’m sorry.

Sorry that I’ve not updated for so long. Sorry my entry for St Margaret’s is so small. Sorry for not telling the tour newbies that they would be immortalised in this fair blog. Sorry to the tour quitters that we never said goodbye in blog format.

And maybe most of all, sorry to everyone that once again there’s some more piffling drivel that you have to read.

OK? Happy? Satisfied? Can we get onto St Margaret’s now?

St Margarets

Unfortunately it now about 10 weeks since we did this tour and quite a bit of it has dropped out of the memory banks. So like a brief news bulletin, here are the highlights.

Tour attendees – Most of the usual faces;

Most of the usual faces, in Simpson's Tavern.

Tour newbies – Me old china Rob the Big Cheese and his on-off landlord and on-off lover Clarkey. New payroll girly Lisa who was so excited she decided to smash a glass outside the Jamaica Wine House whilst kicking off.

A smashing time.....

Pubs – The previously mentioned Jamaica Wine House – absolutely rammed back alley pub that needs to be visited again. Simpson’s Tavern – Another back alley place that wasn’t rammed. In fact we were at one point the only customers. Cock and Woolpack – mid-terrace pub that seemed to go back forever. Main highlight, I found a glove in the toilets. The Phoenix – Strange mix of old man’s pub with drum and bass music.



Pubs

Beers – I seem to remember some sort of coffee/choco/mocha porter thing at The Phoenix. The rest was average.

Mr Cheese and Mr Clarke taste the Scotch Eggs.

Church – Apparently Bull’s eyes and targets say the bells of St Margaret’s, or St Margaret's Lothbury to give it its full name. When we got near the church (which is opposite the Bank of England) I asked the group if they wanted to take the short detour down to the church for the talk. No, it’s too cold they all shrieked. So we didn’t. I then get nothing but earache for the next 10 weeks about missing out what some were describing as the best bit of the tours. Some people!

Tour quitters – Just have to mention a couple of tour stalwarts who were there from the beginning of Monopoly and may only be making guest appearances on the tour from now on. Charlie has left the company and although he’s still somewhere in the dirty city no doubt he’s got some new friends to play with. Aussie Pete on the other hand will have some job on his hand trying to pop back for a night out having returned to a land down under. Guys, hope you do make it out again…….you’ll be missed.

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