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  1. Checkin at The Tankard
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      Duncan was staying at our place for the night, so Tom took a half day and we met up for a drink at The Tankard.

  2. Checkin at London Necropolis railway station
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      Tom pointed out the old site of the London Necropolis railway station as we made our way towards Waterloo.

  3. Checkin at Leake Street Tunnel
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      We then wandered through Leake Street Tunnel so that we could check out the graffiti.

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      It was so colourful and there was so much to look at. I was tempted to try making some for myself.

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      This David Bowie Lego art was my favourite.

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      There were some street artists painting in the tunnel while we were there and a photoshoot taking place at the other end.

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  4. Checkin at London Waterloo station
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      We then caught the Waterloo & City line, which I hadn't realised was only two stops, Waterloo and Bank.

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      I also managed to press a Mind The Gap penny in a tacky souvernir shop.

  5. Checkin at The Bank Of England Museum
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      Determined to be as productive as possible with Tom's half day we went on a flying museum crawl, starting at the Bank Of England Museum.

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      We each attempted to lift the bar of gold.

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  6. Checkin at City of London Police Museum
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      Our second stop was the City of London Police Museum.

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      The museum was free and small but filled with lots of interesting things.

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      They had a couple of the Suffragette homemade bombs.

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      This coat stand was making fun of the Metropolitan Police who have a shorter height requirement to the City Police.

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      I loved this wall of homemade weapons including knuckle dusters, table legs and a rock in a sock.

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      The highlight of the museum was getting to try on the different type so police hats and helmets.

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  7. Checkin at Museum of London
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      Our next stop was the Museum Of London to see the fatberg.

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      When we'd heard they had a piece of the fatberg at the museum, we had imagined a huge thing taking up most of the room but it was only a few inches wide.

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      We had a quick skim around the rest of the museum, rushing through the early years to the Victorian era and 1950's when the good stuff happened.

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      They had "the real" Bill & Ben, the Flower Pot Men, who are even scarier in real life.

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      We were excited to get to see the Olympic Cauldron up close. They only had a small part of it but it was massive.

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  8. Checkin at Shoreditch Grind
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      We got a little lost in the Barbican afterwards as we made our way to the Shoreditch Grind for a cocktail.

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      I sipped on a Clover Club while we decided what to do next.

  9. Checkin at Strongroom London
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      We then headed to the Strongroom for their weekly pub quiz.

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      Being a music bar, we though the quiz would be music themed, but it turned out to be all fashion questions so I ended up helping out more than usual.

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      Luckily it was burger night, so we got cheap veggie burgers and drinks with the quiz.

  10. Checkin at Flat Iron
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      We ended the night at Flat Iron with a round of Old Fashioneds, which is quickly becoming my new favourite cocktail.

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