The Monument
On the way home from St Albans, I was on the City branch of the Northern Line, heading for London Bridge, intending to change there for the Jubilee Line to North Greenwhich. At Bank Station, after a couple of minor delays for "signals", the "gentle-but-authoritative-lady-voice" boomed out that London Bridge had been closed due to a "passenger incident". That left us with one of those "experienced Londoner" dilemmas - District and Circle back to Westminster and go from there Docklands Light Railway to Canary Wharf and hop on the Jubilee farther down Black cab to Bermondsey to bypass London Bridge ... Londoners can spend many happy hours in a pub debating options such as these. In fact, by the time I had randomly meandered through the labyrinth which is Bank/Monument Stations, found myself near the District and Circle line platforms and hence not too far from fresh air, it was announced that London Bridge station was open again. Being so nea