We stayed for three nights at the Travelodge in Croydon, giving access to Central London, Balham house, Croydon shopping, and train to Hampshire. Again - a sensible, considered choice for those on pensioners' budgets!
The sun shone for our day out at Ruth's parents, and in the pub in Balham we bumped into our builder friend Barry - staying far too long! All was well at the rented house and the collected post contained only a few surprises! Bob did GP tests and dentist.
On Wednesday 16th we went by train up to Victoria and used the exhorbitant Left Luggage there.
Oxford Street, cinema in Leicester Square, a curry and a late night train to Gatwick, where we dozed until our early morning Easyjet flight to Athens.
(A little incident at the Wetherpoons pub inside (this is important!) Victoria station around midnight: A rather merry drinker says he is popping out for a smoke. He had to be told that the entire station is legally "indoors" and therefore he would have to walk downstairs and out to the forecourt. He disappeared with a pint glass and was not seen again!)