London Day Out 2013
On Monday 25th March 2013, Jezz and I set out at 8.30am for a trip to London with the intention to go to Madame Tussauds. We got there at about 9.40am and from the car we could see the massive queue running down the entire side of the building, about 200 people, so we decided to head to Fortnum & Mason’s Fountain restaurant for breakfast. It was fabulous, and the service was even better.
After that, we walked to the museum Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. A great time was had. We then headed for China Town and had a late buffet lunch at about 2.30pm. We then went back to the car and headed home around 4pm and got home by 5.30pm.
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We’re in the Fortnum & Mason’s Fountain restaurant, which is gorgeous and quite posh. Jezz is looking at the menu to see what he can have for breakfast.

I simply asked for tea, but this is how it arrives at Fortnum & Mason’s Fountain restaurant.

Elegant and not floating in fat (of course). A bit stingy with the bacon, mind. Lol.

Quite possibly the poshest public loo I’ve ever been in.

We visited Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum and had a good time.

This is a statue of the World’s Tallest Man, Robert Wadlow, who was 8ft. 11in.

Look, I wouldn’t even need to bend down or crook my neck.

This is a Ferrari, made entirely of wool.

Ripley’s displaying the World’s smallest car. It’s called a Peel P50. It was first launched at the 1964 British Motorcycle Show held at Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, which only had a compartment for the driver and a gear box that didn’t have the reverse function, so parking it required pushing.

A beautiful carving from only one piece of wood.

As we turned another corner in the museum, this was hanging in front of us. It’s the scene of a room, completely upside down and spot the tea pouring into the cup… it was actually pouring and moving (albeit in a see-through tube).

Here’s a model of the World’s Largest Nose. This is the nose of Thomas Wedders, who lived in the early 18th century. He had a schnoz that reportedly measured 7½ inches long.

This is another view from a window inside of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum, looking down on Piccadilly Circus.

These amazing portraits of The Queen and ex-owner of Harrod’s, Mohamed Al Fayed, are made totally from one penny pieces.

One of the few interactive pieces in the museum was this table that made your legs disappear.



Jezz on the scales with the World’s Heaviest Man. Jezz is on the right. Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958) was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 lb (485.8 kg). He remains the heaviest human in the world, able to walk without the need of assistance.

Jezz next to a Bust of a man who had shark’s teeth.

Jezz and me in the exotic hall

Me touching a piece of the Berlin Wall.

Me gurning… I’m the one on the left.

Little WU is on Shaftesbury Avenue, and we finished our day there with a late lunch buffet.