waterloo bridge
(1) waterloo sunshine: meeting up under the bridge railings
(2) in front of the bars for now; south bank nft
(3) theatre square, national theatre grandchildren
(4) rory, casey, lily, jake and jay the stage
(5) the six performing acts on stage with the master of ceremonies rope climber
(6) acrobatics on the vertical rope accompanied by a story ... oscar wilde
(7) ... by oscar wilde about a nightingale and the search for a red rose ... anthony gormley
(8) ... it looks as though she is inviting anthony gormley to jump down to help her ...
she dies
(9) ... the price of the red rose is the death of the nightingale floor gymnastics
(10) floor gymnastics gymnastics
(11) floor gymnastics gymnastics
(12) floor gymnastics gymnastics
(13) floor gymnastics ping pong
(14) juggler with up to five ping pong balls using his mouth trapeze
(15) trapeze artists trapeze
(16) trapeze artists ella and ian
(24) last but not least the cooks: ella and ian barbecue
(23) barbecue to end grandad's weekend trapeze
(22) anthony gormley lands on waterloo bridge; did he jump? no you can see another one on the roof to the right --- there's 31 in all final bow
(21) the performers take their final bow trapeze
(20) trapeze artists trapeze
(19) trapeze artists trapeze
(18) trapeze artists trapeze
(17) trapeze artistsk

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grandads' weekend 1st/2nd September

The official date for grandparents' day is 9th September. Not recognition enough. So I decided to institute "Grandads' Weekend" for this year as the 1st/2nd September. Celebrated the weekend with a visit to London on the Saturday.

We took the kids on the tube, a double-decker from Euston to Waterloo bridge and saw cirque bijou an out door mini-circus in the square outside the National Theatre on the South Bank by the river.

Afterwards we went for a stroll along the river bank, over Hungerford bridge, through Charing Cross Station and into Trafalgar Square for sandwiches with the (few) pigeons and `Liberty' who were holding a festival in the square. When we got back the kids stayed for a sleepover on the Saturday night.