As we headed to the London Design Centre we hit one of those transport hiccups that you do on Sundays; for an unknown reason none of the tubes from Westminster were going to Wimbledon even though that was supposed to be their destination. So we changed our plans got on the first tube and then got off at Sloane Square. Slightly random but I remembered that previously I'd seen shuttles advertised between there and Chelsea Harbour so logic told me it couldn't be that far.

Well once outside the station and checking the maps, we realised it was a little too far to walk so Plan B (or is it C by now?) was to get a bus. We headed up past the Duke of York Square to the bus stop and waited for our bus to arrive. When it did we were in for a bit of a surprise - it was one of the new Routemasters - and we were probably just a little bit too excited about this.

Imagine then when we got to the top deck and realised we had it all to ourselves. There was only one thing for it.

Yeap, time to get the camera out!

Goodness knows what the magic eye thought of me if it captured me taking pictures.

The seats had one of those mesmerising patterns on, you know the sort that boggles your eyes.

And there were two sets of stairs. The more modern ones behind the driver here:

And the more traditional rear stairs from the platform below:

And yes, someone was either enjoying the ride or pretending he wasn't with the loony taking pictures!

Well, I thought it was rude not to capture this, don't you agree?

On a blue-skied day in March we headed off to the London Design Centre as part of the Spring London Design Week. I've some more to share from our visit but before that I wanted to share some shots of the building, because it was fab and it's not somewhere I'd been before.

The main building is formed of three domes, and on the day we visited the sun was catching the decorations and they were glistening away.

Take a look:

The central dome was decorated with these blue pipes and hydrangea-type flowers, which gave it an almost-wedding-like feel.

And the central staircase was just the sort to glide down, but from a distance looked quite like a helter skelter!

With the sun's first showing of the year, it was quite warm under the glass but we weren't complaining. We did though take some time out at the Nespresso bar and while taking some refreshments admired our surroundings.

The decorations in the outer domes were different and glistened beautifully in the sun, and yes they are fish hanging below the metallic spheres.

There were further places to rest, these ones a little more luxurious than before. I daren't rest here though as there was still much more to see and these looked oh so comfortable.

Heading outside we saw a green enclosed with a white picket fence, and were able to look back at the glass domes.

Back inside we headed to the temporary tented structure for what was billed as Gin O'Clock - well you would, wouldn't you? While we sipped our G&T I was snapping away at the interiors here too, quite something for a temporary structure connecting the buildings.

And yes, the gin was most welcome. Well, it always is...

More soon on what else I saw, I just need to finish that G&T. Hic.