London, May 30

Nice to be back in Stephen's flat , starting to become familiar.
We decided this would be an at home day, need a little break from all of the travelling.
I have some handyman projects to do , install some floating shelves in the kitchen, replace some old lights with LED,'s, try to pigeon proof the balcony.
After breakfast Stephen, Mark and I set off  by bus for Home Base, a smaller version of Home Depot.
Needed wall anchors, light bulbs and pigeon screening.
Supplies in hand we returned home. Stephen and Mark left us and went downtown.
I installed the shelves, replaced the bulbs and used some wire screen to block out the pigeons, time will tell if it works.
We had decided to go out for my birthday dinner to the Indian restaurant on Goldborne Rd that we enjoyed in our first week here.
It turned out to be like an episode of Faulty Towers.
When we got there the restaurant was being renovated and the main floor was closed and the stairs to the lower floor were to much for Karen's sore hip which had been causing her a lot of pain.
We decide to place a takeout order so we could eat at home.
So here we are in an empty , under construction main floor . The owners are so eager to please, they bring out some chairs for the three of us then produce a table and proceed to put a table cloth on it and bring us some papadums, dips and a beer to make up for us having to wait.
As we wait , takeout drivers keep arriving to pick up orders, the phone is ringing with orders as well as internet orders coming in.
One owner, a small guy that reminded us of Manuel from Faulty Towers, kept running around, trying to keep up, paper orders all over the counter, him exclaiming everytime a new order came in. He kept saying the kitchen couldn't keep up.
So we sat in our chairs watching the mayhem for almost an hour , drivers coming and going.
Food delivery in London is a big business, several companies with cars and motorcycles deliver for many restaurants.
We finally got our order with many apologies.
Took an Uber back and had dinner, Stephen had bought a cake for my birthday so that was dessert.
An unconventional birthday dinner but a memorable one!

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