The parents of a friend of maytrees min who I met as they were out for a morning stroll, told me that they had recently visited Portobello Road market. Knowing that they did not have easy access to a car I asked them how they had traveled there.
Traveling by London Underground on the Edgeware Road section of the District Line from Wimbledon to Notting Hill Gate; and from there walking, was their chosen route. As mrs maytrees and I had not visited Portobello Road in the case of mrs maytrees ever, and in my own case, for years we decided
to travel there a few days later.
Traveling with youngest brother and his wife we arrived at Notting Hill Gate Underground station in good time and made the walk from there to the market in about 15 minutes. Youngest brother's wife uses fabrics for her chair restoring work so she and mrs maytrees especially enjoyed themselves looking through the fabric stores.
We traveled on a Friday so as to avoid the large crowds that I gather often attend the street at weekends. However a disadvantage of that was that most of the antiques stores were closed although there was still much to see and explore.
The Spanish cuisine was reportedly worth savouring. However as it began to pour with rain we opted for an Italian restaurant which we happened to be passing. There I enjoyed some ravioli. though remembering years ago whilst a schoolboy at long since closed Beaumont College (a boarding school) the riots in the school refectory on being served with ravioli for the third time in a week. The ravioli was delicious but rather a small portion in my view though not expensive.
The Spanish food turned out to be available slightly further on though largely at stalls rather than cafes.
As school children tend to crowd streets from about 3:30pm we traveled back to Wimbledon at about 3pm after a very enjoyable away day..
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