Walking Ghost Tour London.

Working and living in London means that we sometimes don't get the chance to enjoy the sights this wonderful city has to offer.

So here at Single Girl World, we like to take days out to explore parts of London we haven't seen before.

If you follow us on Twitter you will have seen us tweeting about our day out recently. If you don't follow us then shame on you - you really should!

Our day out involved lots of fun things for an up and coming SGW project! While we were out we stumbled upon a walking tour. (Well I say stumbled upon, but really we tweeted about it and people told us which one to pick.)
We went on the "Ghost Tour" with the Big Bus Tour Company! For £5 we had a 2 hour tour including a stop off at the pub (woo hoo!!!) and boy, oh boy was it fun!

Our tour guide Jessie was so funny, entertaining us all with his BRILLIANT storytelling and great research! His passion really shone through.

Jessie started our tour outside Oceanic House (the sight where people bought their tickets for the Titanic) and he ended it at Fleet Street, the supposed site of Sweeney Todd's Barber Shop. Being at the site of the Barber Shop lead to us singing "The Worst Pie's in London....." in the style of Imelda Staunton. Must point out this isn't part of the tour we just like singing!

Other things we learnt were that Anne Boleyn haunts two places in London, David Tennant once acted with a real human skull in his hand (YUCK!), the Theatre Royal Drury Lane is FULL TO THE BRIM WITH GHOSTS!

The walking tour was well worth the money, if you already had tickets for the bus tour then the walk was free.
It is great for all ages, as Jessie tells the stories in a way that is engaging for adults and children!

We got our tickets from Trafalgar Square, near the National Gallery "Sainsbury Wing".

Check it out if you're in town!

Next on our "London Day Out Wish List" is Small Car Big City and the Ghost Bus Tour.

We hope you enjoy as much as we did!!

Love
The SGW Team!
xx

Climbing the Monument.

If you follow our Twitter, then you'll know that last week I was on a sight seeing tour of London with my little brother.
I wanted to go to all the things that I hadn't already done in London, and that lead us to Monument.

The Monument is in Monument Street just of Fish Street Hill and was built to commemorate the Great Fire of London.

For £3 (£1.50 fo under 15's) you can climb the 311 steps and get an amazing view of the city. 311 steps I hear you shout, but honestly it wasn't that bad I liked to think of it as a step class at the gym.

The only problem was once you started walking you couldn't really stop, as the spiral staircase was so narrow and people were walking back down so you just had to power through the leg ache! But when you arrive at the top it really is worth it! The views are amazing, here are a few of my fav snaps from the day!

On the way out you also get a certificate! Well worth a look, it would be a realy cool place to take family, friends or even a date!

The Gherkin

The view of the street from the Monument.

Tower Bridge.

St Paul's (one of my favourite  buildings)

My Certificate!!!!

Lots of Love J xxxx

http://www.themonument.info/