Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date:  17 September 2025

Title: UK Trip Part 1: London and Edinburgh

Summary of Episode

This August, we decided to try to escape the tourists in our village and went to places where there were more tourists! We’ve become so European (ha!). 

We spent three lovely days in London with our niece, Katey, and seeing Buckingham Palace, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, walking around the Black Friars, and saw Sean Hayes at the Barbican Theater in his award winning role, Good Night, Oscar.

We then headed north to Scotland, where we spent the rest of our time exploring new cities and villages and meeting some amazing people. Check out below what we did while we were there!

Key Topics

Part 1 London: 

[03:30] Dinner at Slaughtered Lamb 

[04:38] Walked around Mayfair in London, ate at Popina, met a dog

[06:08] Buckingham Palace State Room Visit –Beth loves to talk about the Royals

[16:45] Beer drinking at Bag O’Nails  

[18:15] Dishoom Indian Restaurant–loved!!! High-quality Indian food

[19:35] Staying in the Black Friars

[20:35]  Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Christopher Wren, The Old Bell Tavern, Winston Churchill gates in the crypt.

[25:25] Good Night, Oscar at the Barbican Theater

[28:45] Cross, Platform 9 ¾, train travel and bus travel.

Part 2 Edinburgh–30:55

[32:00] Dinner at Makars Mash –highly recommend

[33:30] Edinburgh Military Tattoo–check out our YouTube video.

[42:40] Writers Museum–Highlights Scotlands best: Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Burns, and Sir Walter Scott

[44:45] Howies Restaurant

For more info on Edinburgh, check out our first podcast on the city on Spotify or where ever you like to listen.

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RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
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