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Have just booked coach tickets to take the Small One to London for a couple of days in half term...which is coming up scarily fast now! Can't believe it's October already. She's been nagging me to take her to London for a couple of years now, not because she really knows anything about the place but just because it's a thing. She got the idea in her head and that was it, so I have finally given in and agreed to take her.

It was meant to be a very simple outing - we'd get the early bus to London, arrive around midday, have lunch somewhere, do something touristy for the afternoon (Chel suggested Buckingham Palace, which is expensive, but sounded good to me as it is just around the corner from the bus station - very handy!), then get the evening bus home again. Nice and simple, and her long-standing request fulfilled. But then Mum suggested we meet up with Big Sis and her crowd while we're there, and then Deb suggested we stay at theirs overnight (they are just outside London) and have an extra day, and then it seems that Buckingham Palace has already shut up shop for the winter meaning we have to dream up a different activity...and now that nice, simple day out has turned into something of a logistical nightmare!

It will be nice to see Deb, Ray and Shanei, though. And there are plenty of things to do in London, obviously, we just have to pick one that's teenage girl-friendly (not to mention autistic teenage girl-friendly).

In other news, it seems that the first day of the Ryder Cup has been a bit of a washout. Welcome to Wales! It is going to be like this from now until April!

Also, I spoke to my mother earlier and she informed me that she visited the shops near my house this morning and saw that they were filming Doctor Who there - just down the road from me, only I'm in work so can't go spy on them! Heh, she said they had the fire brigade there to supply fake rain, although I can't imagine why they'd need it on a day like today. She also said that she overheard one of the production staff giving a couple of extras instructions on how to walk ("just walk like you would normally walk in the rain"), and saw Matt Smith all huddled up under a shelter, waiting for his next scene. When the new season airs I shall have to keep my eyes peeled for scenes set someplace that looks like the Asda carpark, as well as looking out for the scene I saw being filmed outside the museum the other week! They've been filming in Victoria Park a few times lately, as well. The location spotting is going to be a lot of fun this season, clearly!

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Have just booked coach tickets to take the Small One to London for a couple of days in half term...which is coming up scarily fast now! Can't believe it's October already. She's been nagging me to take her to London for a couple of years now, not because she really knows anything about the place but just because it's a thing. She got the idea in her head and that was it, so I have finally given in and agreed to take her.

It was meant to be a very simple outing - we'd get the early bus to London, arrive around midday, have lunch somewhere, do something touristy for the afternoon (Chel suggested Buckingham Palace, which is expensive, but sounded good to me as it is just around the corner from the bus station - very handy!), then get the evening bus home again. Nice and simple, and her long-standing request fulfilled. But then Mum suggested we meet up with Big Sis and her crowd while we're there, and then Deb suggested we stay at theirs overnight (they are just outside London) and have an extra day, and then it seems that Buckingham Palace has already shut up shop for the winter meaning we have to dream up a different activity...and now that nice, simple day out has turned into something of a logistical nightmare!

It will be nice to see Deb, Ray and Shanei, though. And there are plenty of things to do in London, obviously, we just have to pick one that's teenage girl-friendly (not to mention autistic teenage girl-friendly).

In other news, it seems that the first day of the Ryder Cup has been a bit of a washout. Welcome to Wales! It is going to be like this from now until April!

Also, I spoke to my mother earlier and she informed me that she visited the shops near my house this morning and saw that they were filming Doctor Who there - just down the road from me, only I'm in work so can't go spy on them! Heh, she said they had the fire brigade there to supply fake rain, although I can't imagine why they'd need it on a day like today. She also said that she overheard one of the production staff giving a couple of extras instructions on how to walk ("just walk like you would normally walk in the rain"), and saw Matt Smith all huddled up under a shelter, waiting for his next scene. When the new season airs I shall have to keep my eyes peeled for scenes set someplace that looks like the Asda carpark, as well as looking out for the scene I saw being filmed outside the museum the other week! They've been filming in Victoria Park a few times lately, as well. The location spotting is going to be a lot of fun this season, clearly!