*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

Own_My_Own

:mad: Just posted my holiday timetable with prices and offers used, and I lost it.:mad:

I even added links in case anyone wanted to use the offers or see the place in more detail.

I am going to have a cup of coffee and start again. I will post one day at a time.

Own_My_Own

Holiday Timetable and offers used take 2

Saturday -

Go to Primark at Lakeside.
http://www.lakeside.uk.com/

Travel on to London.

Oxford St, to get ds some bits in Nike town. It's his birthday shortly after we get back.

Libertys as dd thinks it looks like something out of a Harry Potter film.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=libertys&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qU0lUbaUK8ib0QWh6oGQDw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1241&bih=584
(Price - FREE)

Fortnum and Mason
(Price ? I do love it in there)
http://www.fortnumandmason.com/

Dinner - Hard Rock Cafe
(Price -£40 pre-booked through Viator) You get to walk straight in on a Saturday night. Talk about feeling important.:D
http://www.viator.com/tours/London/Skip-the-Line-Hard-Rock-Cafe-London/d737-2606HRCLONDON/TR

Quick look at the light at Piccadilly Circus
(Price FREE)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=piccadilly+circus&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xU8lUczlDoi40QXrqoCYDw&ved=0CEUQsAQ&biw=1241&bih=584

Book into Hotel.

Own_My_Own

Sunday

Sightseeing tour Yellow route
(Price FREE Tesco vouchers)
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=3164
http://www.theoriginaltour.com/

Boat tour on the Thames
(Price FREE included in bus tour)

Jack the Ripper Walking Tour
(Price FREE included in bus tour)

Maxwells Covent Garden
(Price £20 241 tastecard)
http://www.maxwells.co.uk/food.php

Own_My_Own

Monday

London Eye
(Price £19.50 241 train)
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/london-eye
http://www.londoneye.com/TicketsAndPrices/Tickets/Flexi_Standard_Ticket/Default.aspx

London Dungeon
(Price FREE Tesco vouchers)
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=1680
http://www.thedungeons.com/london/en/

Walk up the Monument - only 311 steps.
(Price £3 241 train)
http://www.themonument.info/visit/

Bank of England Museum to hold a Gold Bar.
(Price FREE)
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/museum/visiting/default.aspx

Dinner- Belushi's London Bridge
(Price £20 241 Tastecard)
http://www.belushis.com/

Ghost Bus
(Price 241 train ticket £18)
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/ghost-bus-tours-scary-sightseeing
http://www.theghostbustours.com/

Own_My_Own

Tuesday

London Zoo
(Price £2 plus Tesco vouchers)
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=33
http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo//

Dinner- GBK Belsize Park
(Price £20 tastecard)
http://www.gbk.co.uk/menu/burgers/

Southbank
(Price FREE)

Trendyjenny

Wow that sounds great fun and very organised x

freespirit66

OMO that sounds fab, those tours look like they are good value, even better clubcard vouchers, you and your DD will have a great time

PINKSTEPS lovely to see you are back, hope its good news tomorrow for DS, thinking of you and your dad x

freespirit66

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Monday

London Eye
(Price £35 pre-booked tickets)
http://www.londoneye.com/TicketsAndPrices/Tickets/Flexi_Standard_Ticket/Default.aspx

London Dungeon
(Price FREE Tesco vouchers)
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=1680
http://www.thedungeons.com/london/en/

Walk up the Monument - only 311 steps.
(Price £3 each)
http://www.themonument.info/visit/

Bank of England Museum to hold a Gold Bar.
(Price FREE)
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/pages/museum/default.

Dinner- Horniman at Hays
(Price £25 [dinner and drink £12 each] )
http://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thehornimanathayslondonbridge/food/

Ghost Bus
(Price 241 train ticket £18)
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/ghost-bus-tours-scary-sightseeing
http://www.theghostbustours.com/

OMO my DD1 did the ghost bus tour a couple of years ago, she loved it, said it was great fun.

Own_My_Own

Changed to Thursday as Convert Garden Market is on Thursdays

Emirates Air Line
(Price £10 with discount)
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/modalpages/23828.aspx
http://www.emiratesairline.co.uk/the-view

Harry Potter DIY Walking Tour
(Price FREE)
http://www.the-magician.co.uk/harry-potter-tour.htm

Hardy Sweet Shop
(Price £7.50 for a bag of Harry Potter Sweets)

Drinks at The Princess Louise (Just because I love this pub, I could sit in it all day)
(Price £6)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+princess+louise+pub&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lVclUef9JcnA0QXamYGQDw&ved=0CFUQsAQ&biw=1241&bih=584

Covent Garden
(Price not much, just going to see the street entertainment)

Dinner - Yates Leicester Sq
(Price £20 tastecard 241 free trial)
http://www.weareyates.co.uk/leicestersquare


London by Night ?
(Price £15 241 train)
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/see-london-by-night
http://www.seelondonbynight.com/

Own_My_Own

Changed to Wednesday, because Covert Garden Market is on Thursday

Madame Tussauds
(Price FREE Tesco vouchers)
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=184

National History Museum
(Price FREE)
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Dinner - Prezzo
(Price £20 241 tastecard)
http://www.prezzorestaurants.co.uk/menu/main-menu

Harry Potter Tour
(Price £20 241 train)
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/harry-potters-london-walk
http://www.thecelebrityplanet.com/london/harry-potter-film-locations-london.html