Borough Market

Borough Market (Official Site)

Google maps

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Here's another interesting place to check out in London.  From obscure Seafood to Ostrich eggs and everything in between you can browse and sample at this market.  Yeah it's also pretty busy especially on warm sunny Saturday's.   If your looking for somewhere to grab a bite to eat it's neat place to wander through.

Wolfmother!!

(New Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ9 Pictures/Video)

Susan's Trip

While I've been stolen away at work for countless late nights Susan took advantage of the situation and went on her own personal holiday.   She visited the other female animator that she met while working at EA in Guildford and for 8 days they travelled around by car exploring various English towns around southern England.  (Check out the Google map at the end for Susan's recommendation mark of each town)

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Leeds Castle

Surrey Hills

Canterbury Cathedral 

Medieval Streets of Canterbury

Brighton Docks

Surrey County Fair

Sheep Herding at Surrey County Fair

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View Susan's Journey May '11 in a larger map

Fire down the street!

WALTHAMSTOW__Firefighters_battle_warehouse_blaze

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Suz and I just returned home tonight after walking by the river near Waterloo station on this warm evening and we returned to chaos down our street.  One of the warehouses near by caught fire and now there's toxic smoke sweeping through our street.  We spoke to the police who are blocking off the area and apparently those who needed be evacuated have already been, so were safe enough..?
**Update**
BBC New Report
The video from BBC on that link is 3 buildings down from where we live.  We're still getting wafts of desiel fumes in our place but not as bad as last night.  Hopefully the road will be opened up again soon.
Google map showing where the fire is from us.

London Marathon

Nearing the final bend at Buckingham Palace.

The crowds are carefully manoeuvred around the races.
Strategically blocking views to avoid clogging of vital pathways.

Oh yeah it's spring time!

Final stretch before the finish line!

Exhausted runners wander through a series of check points after the race.
Here they distribute the medals

The medals...

Runners belongings all numbered are transported from the starting line in a series of trucks.

Then they join up with the crowd near the Horse Guards building.

BBC Article about the marathon

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We decided to go out and see this 26.2 mile marathon that happens in down town London every year. The weather was great and you can't waste these precious few days of sun!   London Marathon is a cancer charity with 35,000 runners this year, you get a range of top athletes from around the world to some of the most unexpected.   There's plenty out there trying to break new world records like running backwards or dressing like a super heros. 

Costume record breakers

It's unusual but fun and I've never seen a marathon before so it was interesting to check out.