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<p>At this time of year I travel down to London to visit Jane's brother. For the second year it was Helene and I. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/7035" target="_blank">In the past we have booked a Shakespeare at the Barbican</a> but there wasn't anything we wanted to see.</p>
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<p>We did go to the local cinema to see "Living" starring Bill Nighy. A very poignant film.</p>
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<p>On Saturday morning we walked to Tate Modern to see the Cezanne exhibition. It was an interesting show but a little crowded. Shuffling around is quite thirst making so coffee is always on the agenda.</p>
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<p>After Cezanne we caught a river boat up to Battersea. The waterfront is very interesting with superb ancient and new buildings. Buying or renting a flat here is undoubtedly very expensive.</p>
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<p>It was an enjoyable journey up river.</p>
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<p><a href="https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Battersea Power Station</a> has been completely refurbished and is a majestic building. As a shopping Mall on a Saturday it was heaving. All the eateries had queues outside and to get a late lunch we walked into Battersea park, found a food shack and sat on a park bench eating cheese sandwiches and sausage baps.</p>
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<p>Part of the power station have been retained such as the control room. This has been converted into a café with all the original banks of dials along the back of the area.</p>
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<p>As you can see from this image there are sales outlets underneath.</p>
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<p>We travelled back to R&amp;N's home on the bus along many of the main shopping streets adorned with the Christmas decorations.</p>
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<p>On Sunday we visited the Natural History Museum to see  the <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wildlife Photographer of the Year </a>exhibition. It's always an amazing event and the dedication of the photographers is mind-blowing.</p>
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<p>After a very busy few days we headed home from King's Cross with plenty to talk about.</p>
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