Being in London and not being there to run around from one business meeting to another can be really nice.

The aim was to get up early to beat the tourists on the East Weekend, but wasn't to be but we still did get to the Natural History Museum before midday. Not sure why we didn't enter by the nearest entrance on Exhibition Road from South Kensington tube station and instead walked to the other end on Queen's Gate but it doesn't really matter. I can't remember when and if I came here last time, but I made it my mission to do this museum and then the V&A.

We didn't see the iconic Hintze Hall and Dippy the dinosaur as that was closed off, but we did see huge whales suspended in the air in one hall, and a fantastic Tyrannosaurus Rex moving model. Not sure you are the best parent when holding a screaming toddler at the front of the display in line with the roaring head.

A bit slow moving at times what with families, buggies, backpacks and so on, but you just have to go with the flow - literally - and enjoy it. Aside from the awesome displays of the dinosaur bones, we both enjoyed the human biology section and the Earth section.

We took a little break after the NHM and had a coffee with the best sausage roll I've tasted over at Gail's Artisan Bakery. There are plenty of eateries by South Kensington station for everyone's tastes.

Next up was the Victoria and Albert Museum. I am sure I have never been here and being a bit more historical and arty, I wasn't sure how long we'd be in here but we did leisurely meander around enough and didn't rush it.

I particularly enjoyed the Asia section and also the glass section. Who can't get enough of drinks glasses? I was hoping the Modern section would have a lot more contemporary pieces but I think I need to visit the London Design Museum for that - https://designmuseum.org.

The V&A isn't the easiest place to navigate around, especially when you can't cut through the National Art Library but I am glad I spend some time in there.

We remembered to drop our donations in and buy a souvenir guide.

After all that walking, I managed to convince Angela that we would also walk from Stockwell Tube to Brixton, to check out the Pop Brixton centre for some food and drink. Once you get going, the walk isn't long. Like Boxpark, this place is made up on lots of containers used to house small businesses serving food, drink, clothes and even a Japanese knife shop.

I knew there was going to be a DJ set later on in the evening and wanted to kill a couple of hours, but first we needed to eat and went to the Vietnamese place. Food was OK, but the four bottles of beer for £10 was even better value. there was a ramen place next to it that caught my eye but didn't go to it in the end as was busy.

The place isn't entirely covered so when the little showers came and went, it was a bit cold unless you were in the 1st floor covered bit or in the alley way in the middle. Anyway, we thought we would just take a walk around Brixton.

Luckily enough I spotted Nanban down Coldharbour Lane, the Japanese cocktail bar and restaurant opened by Tim Anderson who had previously won Masterchef, and who I listen to when he is on Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet. We sat down at the bar for some cocktails. I also had a lovely sparkling sake by which time we thought we might as well stay and eat, to kill some more time until the the DJs play.

Luckily I didn't have ramen at the other place, so I could have it here!

So pleased we stumbled across this place as I didn't know it was around here, otherwise I would have searched for it. Sometimes it is great to just wander around and not worry about time too much.

We headed back to Pop Brixton, listened to some music, Tweeted Keith Lemon, and walked back to Stockwell to a well earn night's sleep.

Making time for yourself is a marvellous thing.