Wet-Free London
When you know London well, you get to know the public transport routes on which you don’t get as wet as others. I should also say, I never use an umbrella, as umbrellas are for wimps and softies.
I had to go to Maplin’s at Liverpool Street and then John Lewis at Oxford Street.
The obvious way to get to Maplin’s from my house is to walk two hundred metres and get the 141 bus, which stops outside the store.
But the rain was heavy so I took the much shorter walk and got a 38 bus to The Angel. I then got the 43 bus from the sister stop at the Angel to Maplin’s. After getting what I wanted at Maplin’s, I dodged under the buildings into the dry of Liverpool Street station, where I bought my paper.
It was then the Central Line for Oxford Circus, but how wet would I get walking to John Lewis. You used to be able to exit the station on the North West corner of Oxford Circus, so you could walk sheltered by the buildings to the store. But not any more and you have to exit on the South East corner and fight your way through the crowds and the bad weather. If ever a station is not fit for the number of passengers, who use it, it is Oxford Circus.
I did think about using Bond Street and walking back to John Lewis, but it would still mean crossing the road. Then I remembered that the 25 bus passed Chancery Lane station, so I surfaced and walked the few yards to the stop.
The pictures don’t do the rain justice. But at least I got on a 25 bus without getting too wet.
The advantage of the 25 bus, is it stops alongside John Lewis and you just walk into the store.
The 25 Bus At John Lewis
I bet John Lewis would like to have 25 buses go to Oxford Circus – John Lewis rather than Oxford Circus.
John Lewis To Oxford Circus
Leaving John Lewis, I was able to walk along Oxford Street under the shop overhangs to the North West entrance at Oxford Circus station.
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