Hidden City - The hunt for the Cheshire Cat

"You’re invited on an adventure in search of the Cheshire Cat. Follow the mischievous cat’s curious clues on a journey across the city into the strange, surreal and absurd. Weave through galleries in search of reflection, scour the literary archives for wares of Wonderland word and descend into cellar vaults to paws for drinks. Discover a darker side to the world of Wonderland. And perhaps to yourself, too."



This was my Good Friday adventures with my good friend Tracy who found the trail online and suggested it for a Easter Adventure. We started at the National Portrait gallery where we were given our first of just over a dozen clues. Despite the rain much of the first part of the trail was indoors and the weather just added to the fun if I am honest! 

Here are a few of our pictures from the day.

Totally worth the money and a great way to discover hidden places in London. We may have accidentally betrayed the Cheshire Cat to the Queen of Hearts and killed him along the way, but still a great day out!!

This one is a potential next trail I think https://www.inthehiddencity.com/london/shoreditch-street-art-trail

Afternoon tea with the girls in London

One of the most amazing things I have found about Scrapbooking  is not only do you get to preserve your photographs, stories and memories for future generations, not only do you get to play with pretty paper, glue and sparkle (love it!), but you get to meet some lovely like-minded crafty people along the way.  The ladies I spent this afternoon with are such people. Met via scrapbooking they make me smile from ear to ear whenever I hear from them or spend time with them and today was no exception when they kindly took me out for afternoon tea as a "we love you" treat following mum passing away in December.  Time spent with friends who make you smile is so important and it was so nice to take time out of the weekend household chores and running the kids around (thanks hubby for taking the baton today!) to simply smile, take photos, laugh and make more memories.

Here are a few snaps from our crazy day that included some sunny warmth,early signs of spring, cake, tea and laughter!

Meet up at Marble Arch, London

Selfie in the Sunshine

Afternoon tea at The Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch

Shadows in London, famous five?

Walking off tea!

Capturing springtime

  

Discovering new monuments

All in all a rather lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon xx