November holiday

I'm off work for a week and for various reasons we're mostly staying at home and going out for day trips. We had the initial weekend away though - we went down to H's parents, and they kindly looked after the children while H and I went into London for a day out and a night at the Dorset Square Hotel. It was good, but it was expensive too, and there were niggly problems that just took the shine off the experience - notably, no tea and coffee in the room, and room service that weren't up to the job of replacing that facility.

We had a good time though - we saw the Mirsolaw Balka Tate Modern exhibition which looked amazing from the outside, although there were probably too many people to get the full experience when you were inside it. We also had a fantastic meal out at Yming in Soho. The double braised pork in hot pot was amazing.

Back in Cambridge today we went out to Wandlebury Ring, and then drove up to Lammas Land and walked through the botanic garden to Le Gros Franck for lunch. That was very good too - we both had the steak frites, and it was both cheaper and better than Cafe Rouge (yes I know, but we're more often at that end of town, and the childrens' menu is good there).

Just thinking about what to do tomorrow - we may go for another walk somewhere.