On September 26th 2014 I turned 26, that makes me feel rather old writing it down. Me and Hubby went to London for day to celebrate and the day was fantastic!
For months I had been trying to get myself booked into Lady Dinah's Cat Cafe in Shoreditch, London. In July I finally managed to snag myself a booking on my actual birthday so knew that was at least one of the plans made for the day! I was so excited I think I must have bored everyone talking about it so much! But who doesn't want to eat cake and play with cats all day!
On the day I had an early afternoon booking, we turned up 15 minutes prior and was escorted into the cafe itself and was told to choose a table and we would then get seved from there. The cafe has two floors which are packed with cat toys, levels, climbing frames for the cats and boxes of toys that the patrons can use to play with the cats.
We found a table on the lower level which seemed like a bigger area and sat down and took everything in!
We ordered tea and scones for two and whilst we waited for the order I took the opportunity to go and explore and meet the cats and take some photos.
The cats are all so friendly and beautiful. Having the chance to sit there and get to know all of the cats who all display their own personalities was a wonderful experience. We stayed for allocated time of 2 hours and then left to allow other patrons to take their booking. If anyone has been looking at going I would highly recommend it! You won't be disappointed!
After we left Lady Dinah's we then ventured all the way over to Kings Cross Station. Why you ask? So that I could also finally go to Platform 9 & 3/4. Being a massive potterhead I had been wanting to visit here for a while but the opportunity never presented itself. I was literally bursting with excitement when we got there! Now it's not much but for a potterhead it's everything! I made my way to the queue to have my photo taken at the barrier that has a luggage trolley and hedgewig sticking out the wall. You get to choose what scarf you would like to wear and I chose Gryffindor despite being a Ravenclaw at heart I felt it had to be done!
You have the option to buy the photos that they take for you in the little Platform 9 & 3/4 shop which is filled with lots of Harry Potter souvenirs. I of course had to purchase my photo which is now displayed in my geek cabinet along with all my other memorabilia I have collected!
I also got myself a little Hogwarts Pin Badge which is on my desk at work!
If your ever at Kings Cross Station, Potterhead or not it's worth a little look 😁⚡️
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