O is for Outdoors

Yep, I know it's a bit of a cheat, but there are few countries beginning with the letter O, and there are no Omanian restaurants in London! With hindsight, choosing a good Turkish restaurant and claiming it is Ottoman cuisine would have been a suitable option, but I didn't think of that at the time!

Still, it all turned out well. We arranged to have a picnic, outside (hence the letter O) in Greenwich Park, which is fairly close to where my sister and I grew up. The weather was surprisingly perfect, given that it was October - it was a really sunny and warm day. We got the whole family to join us - Daniel & Chloe, Charlotte & Mike, Harry, Joanne & Andrew and me & Emma, and we were able to bring along Charlie & Champa too.

A rug and some picnic chairs were comfortable enough, and the view of the Maritime Museum and the Thames was excellent.

To make up for the lack of finding an appropriate 'O' based cuisine, I went to the trouble of cooking most of the picnic food. Lots of home made pasties, pies and various vegetarian nibbles, that seemed to go down well. And afterwards retiring to the cafe in the park for a nice coffee and cake.

A very enjoyable day.