Today Linda and I polished off two brief central London buses which ply between main railway stations, though they are mostly full of people getting out before the end. The 507 leaves Waterloo, bound for Victoria, from the bus stops in Cab Road, alongside the handsome corner entrance of Waterloo Station. There were about thirty people waiting to get on, not our customary experience at the head stops of buses so far. We were on board at 10.50, passing close to the sad, disused former Eurostar terminus, for which no-one has yet found a use. Actually, it seems that this may be about to change, according to this website.
As we turned onto Lambeth Palace Road, the bus stop was named for St Thomas' Hospital, and a number of hospital staff got off. (how do we know? well, many of them already had their badges on, which might be thought to be against the infection control regulations) We noted the signs for the Evelina Children's Hospital, now part of the same complex having moved from London Bridge, perhaps to make room for the Shard.
Then we took a right and left, with a brief glimpse of Westminster Cathedral, to get into Victoria Street. There is a lot of building work going on along here, and as we approached Victoria Station, we could see the evidence of the huge refurbishment and upgrading that is going on here. We said hello to Field Marshal Foch, not for the first time, before terminating our journey at 11.05
The weather certainly speeded things up: I have never before gone along Victoria Street so quickly, except on a bicycle. Clearly many people have stayed home today, whether because of their children's schools or their own journeys, we could not tell. But it was fun to be back in the middle of London one more time.
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