Bye bye borough

As part of our farewell tour we wanted to visit Borough Markets one more time. And so we did...

We caught the train to London Bridge, which is now home to the shard, the tallest building in London by quite some margin.

A new modern entry to the markets actually works really well

Busy as ever

We picked up a falafel wrap to keep us going while we queued for the cheese toasted sandwich. It was worth the wait.

They also do raclette.

This sandwich is huge, one of us should have stood next to it to give perspective. Turns out they cut slices an serve as smaller slices which is probably for the best. 

Generally acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of the London coffee scene, Monmouth would  generally have a queue about this long on the weekend. The coffee is good although there are other options in and around borough which are just as good without the queues, they just don't have the reputation of Monmouth. 

The traders take care in merchandising their produce, which is important because there are so many traders selling the same thing. 

We had Theo in the Ergo front pack, which seems very comfortable, this was just before he fell asleep. You can't really see it here but they're standing next to some big wheels of cheese.

One of the fishmongers.

Theo fell asleep so we went for a drink. We 'accidentally' bought the high strength beers, I think Jackie's was 11%

The pub was the Rake, an iconic tiny pub in the corner of Borough Market, no children allowed inside so we loitered around in the outdoor area until someone insisted we sit down. 

We walked back towards Waterloo station, crossing the Thames at one point to get a different view, including looking up to St Pauls which is just around the corner from where we spent our first night in London. 

Crossing back across the Thames on the millennium bridge towards Tate Modern.

Happy chappy having a run around the South Bank

We will really miss places like Borough markets, so much variety and interesting things to look at and eat (I know, we ate a cheese toasted sandwich but they are very special and there is more to it than that).