Brother Marcus and Prospect of Whitby.

A beautiful sunny Friday afternoon and a nice trip to Brother Marcus restaurant in Borough Market. The place was heaving with day trippers and tourists enjoying the Spring sunshine.

Being only 15 minutes from our closest train station its always nice to head here, especially on a Friday in order to close the week and get a jump start on the weekend.

I met Emma in at London Bridge station and we found this quaint little eatery beside the arches in the edge of the market. Emma had been here once before, but it was my first time.

We ordered starters and a bottle of red before tucking into Sea Bream and a king prawn pasta dish that I never took the name of; both were delicious!

Being a sunny day we decided on a walk along the river crossing London Bridge and wandering the Thames eastwards. We decided to head for the Prospect Of Whitby an OLD riverside pub in Wapping, a 30 minutes amble.

The Prospect of Whitney is an old pub dating back 500 years and is oozing character. We made a decision to come back here after cycling past in a few years ago on one of our post lock-down visits to London by bike.

Steeped in history, this pub is notorious for being a haunt for smugglers, thieves and pirates – just the sort of place I feel comfortable in. The hangman’s noose outside is a reminder of its gruesome past; indeed Judge Jeffries used to frequent this place and watch the hangings whilst enjoying his lunch on the terrace!

As you walk in your’e reminded that the flagstones have not been changed for 500 years. It even boasts the longest pewter made bar in the UK. Apparently most bars used to be made out of pewter until their collective modernisation.

We headed back home via the Overground and the newly named “Windrush line” to West Croydon, a longer journey with multiple stops (the trip into London Bridge from East Croydon is much quicker), where we popped into RiffRaffs for a sneaky final pint before heading home.