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A Free Afternoon in London

As we live in one of the most expensive cities in the world it's handy to have a few free activities in mind for when you're out of pocket. The other day me and my friend Aidan put our heads together and had a completely free afternoon bar our tube fare. 

The plan for our thrifty afternoon was to go searching for spring flowers. We started in Bond Street to see the time lapse of flowers in St.Christophers place; it's worth checking out online (I use TimeOut) what free pop ups are going on around the city as you might find something really fun. 

After checking out this cool spring installation we wondered down towards Somerset house. This is one of my favorite locations as its free to go in and during the summer seasons you can have a splash in the fountains. We walked through and went across the river seeing daffodils along the way. 

The beauty of South bank is that there's so much to look at and so many places to go; you could take a stroll through Borough market or do what we did and pop into the Tate Modern. I love the Tate but I don't like to go if I don't know what for so it was nice to chill in the turbine hall and watch the giant pendulum swing rather than getting lost on one of the floors. 

We then headed back over the river to find lovely purple blossom outside St Pauls Cathedral where we chilled in the church yard looking at the flowers and water installation. The famous cathedral looks so beautiful surrounded by blossom and even if you're only there for lunch it's worth the look. 


London is blessed with so many different walks, free activities and beautiful sights and with spring flowers in mind the city looks even more gorgeous. So for a lovely free afternoon in London I would recommend walking. It's healthy, you don't always know where you'll end up and it's a great way to save some money while catching up with a friend or listening to some music. 
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