A massive thank you to Strawberry Bootlace, whoever you are. You bought us our way back tonight, you are a STAR 🌟
#WithABitOfHelp
#LondonUnder£30

Having said that, I hope she can speed up a bit, we have to get going in 20 minutes.
#LongWalk
#LondonUnder£30

My daughter has started the slow and lengthy process of preparing herself for tonight concert, a process of which she will emerge transformed, like a butterfly out of its foundation and mascara chrysalis
#LondonUnder£30

Also, I'll add that walking by the food quarter on a very empty stomach was pure torture
EVERYTHING SMELLED SO GOOD
#LondonUnder£30

Hi to all the eager followers of my #LondonUnder£30 adventure!
Yes, I mean all three of you.
The concert is tomorrow.
Tomorrow (and Wednesday) will see a strike action on the London Underground.
I did say we were walking everywhere. We did so far.
1/2

#LondonUnder£30

I had found £2.9 in cash that I thought could be useful at some point.
I gave it all to a homeless guy because he asked for some change.
I think I get my priorities wrong.

[…]
4+ hours walk for a lil' bag of about £18 worth of presents, to repay a "debt"

I don't want to sound overly parenty, but kids are a LIABILITY
#LondonUnder£30

[…]
11yo is into Japanese and Korean collectible toys and trinkets and 15yo knew they had shops there that sold them because of previous trips with her mum.
I asked if she checked if MAYBE there were any other shops in London that might sell them and she said NO!
[…]

[…]
(typo up there, "that one" not "on")

Apparently, lil sis lend some money to 15yo a couple of months ago for her to have a nails done. I know?! I never realised it was such a life and death situation.
And also, WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR MONEY FROM?!
Anyway…
Now we come to why Westfield.
[…]

[…]
For Londoners, no of course not the Stratford one!

Why would you go there when you have no money to spend? I hear you ask.
Well, apparently, my teenage daughter had promised her little 11yo sister to buy her a present and she had MONEY on a card to do so
She kept that on quiet 😑
[…]

#LondonUnder£30
Some of you, the more inquisitive minded, may have asked themselves what was that 4h+ round trip was all about.
Well, I will tell you (in a very short thread I PROMISE!)
We went to Westfield.
For non-UK people, Westfield is a big shopping mall/centre
[…]

The O2 website advised Uber boat.
No idea where to start with that

I don't want to be that guy, but I don't think a cat should be in charge of any medication dosage.

(hi Gail! hope your mam is alright and makes a speedy recovery) ❤️‍🩹

REMEMBER: If you're not alone in your dating app profile pic, be sure to state whether or not you're the fish

Sorry, this one is just a joke about my inability to predict how long my threads will be.
Thank you for reading.
#LondonUnder£30
#EpicFail
4/4

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Black cabs not an option.
Uber probably not either.
We are falling at the last hurdle.
Nice try though.
*flips desk*

Just in case anyone can do anything to help, one last time: ko-fi.com/jeffwni
#LondonUnder£30
#LondonUnder£30Sucks
3/4

But I also said that my depleted budget would be for transport on the big day.
So tomorrow we're walking to the O2 arena - just over 3 hours.
We will stand in a queue for about 2 hours and at the concert for at least 4 hours.
I don't know how will come back.
Can't afford anything but the tube…
2/3

Hi to all the eager followers of my #LondonUnder£30 adventure!
Yes, I mean all three of you.
The concert is tomorrow.
Tomorrow (and Wednesday) will see a strike action on the London Underground.
I did say we were walking everywhere. We did so far.
1/2

Saw one of my best friend tonight.
He bought me two pints. He's a very nice friends.
My daughter chose to stay at the accommodation, about 35 seconds away.
#LondonUnder£30

This morning, I spent two hours walking to go to see something my teenage daughter wanted to check out, while she got increasingly angry saying I was wrong, going the wrong way, going to the wrong place etc.
To find out I had been right all along didn't better a mood, at all! 😁
#LondonUnder£30

Starting to feel the pinch and worrying about the concert and journey back.
We had to buy water for today (too hot to walk around and not hydrate)
Apparently, in London, water cost ALL the money you ever owned and a kidney
#SoExpensive
#LondonUnder£30
#LinkinTheBio

Good call. I'll refill our bottles if we pass one. Thanks

Teenagers ARE fun, aren't they?

My daughter and I agreed on one meal a day, because we can't make pasta sandwiches.
I'm starving!
But there was coffee in the flat, a true lifeline.
#LondonUnder£30

Starting to feel the pinch and worrying about the concert and journey back.
We had to buy water for today (too hot to walk around and not hydrate)
Apparently, in London, water cost ALL the money you ever owned and a kidney
#SoExpensive
#LondonUnder£30
#LinkinTheBio

The trek back is going to be such a treat!
#LondonUnder£30

This morning, I spent two hours walking to go to see something my teenage daughter wanted to check out, while she got increasingly angry saying I was wrong, going the wrong way, going to the wrong place etc.
To find out I had been right all along didn't better a mood, at all! 😁
#LondonUnder£30

So I left them to it.
I gave the first woman the thumbs up, as the coast was clear. She scampered away and I finally went to bed.
The couple also went home, I guess.
#citylife
#firstnight
#LondonUnder£30

[…] being seen and was calling an Uber. I didn't enquire further but asked to watch out for me while I went to check on another person who seemed to be prostrated on the pavement at the other end of the street.
As I got closer, it became clear that it was two people and they seemed to have a cuddle

Eventful non-event:

The accommodation is on a very small street, behind a big hotel and a tube station.
I spotted a young woman hiding behind a dumpster to make a phone call, which struck me as odd. I just went to see if she was okay.
She was trying to leave a big party at the hotel, without […]