Had a fab weekend. Scott has been working very long hours these past weeks, so it was lovely to be able to spend some time with him on Saturday! We went to the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe. They were running tours of Brunel's tunnel udner the Thames. It was the first tunnel in the world under a navigable river. Started in 1825, it was not finished until 1843 due to several floods and a dwindling interest from the public. It is now owned by the East London Line, a branch of the underground system in London. The train driver slowed the train down as he drove through so we could all see the archways between the two halves of the tunnel. We had a guided tour from Rotherhithe to the other side of the river at Wapping and then back again. All free as well. It was fantastic, really well organised and a credit to the Brunel Museum.

The tunnel was originally built to transport people, troops mainly, underneath the river, as the river itself was crammed full of traffic (I sound like one of the videos at work) and to get from one side to the other was a complicated and sometimes costly exercise. By the time the tunnel opened, the congestion had not eased, but the tunnel became more of a tourist attraction. A white elephant, like the Milennium Dome, we were told. It was sold to the East London line after both father and son Brunels had died, so they never saw the tunnel go on to good use. It's a shame, because that is of course why it was built - to transport people. And that is what it is doing to this day - 163 years later!

After that we took a train to London Bridge station and walked to the Rose Theatre, or the remains thereof. They are in the basement of an office building. The remains themselves are completely covered up by mud and water, and are environmentally monitored by English Heritage. The outline of the inner wall and the outer wall as well as the two stages (two because it was remodelled twelve years or so after it was first opened as a theatre) were lit up by a line of red lights. This was explained to us by a guide they had there, who also gave us a lot of information on the site and what was where. I am really glad I went to see the Rose, as I had proof read a masters dissertation on it the previous week at work.

Yesterday was a quiet day. Scotty went off to the football with two mates from work. Had an absolute blast and really wants to make it a regular thing. I think it's great. He came home really happy and bouncy which is nice to see after several long hard weeks at work. He even bought a West Ham jersey so he would not look out of place. :-P

TodayI am working til 7:45pm as we have corporate people in til 7.30 or so. Then it is off drinking with work peoples as someone is leaving and it is a good excuse for a drink!