TEA AT THE DILLY PICCADILLY by Erika Gloyn (Masons)

It is difficult to miss the Dilly Hotel Piccadilly as it is conveniently situated just a few minutes from Piccadilly Underground Station, opposite an enormous Waterstones Store. I mention Waterstones as I found it very useful for buying a few Christmas presents!

Arriving in the hotel lobby, an impressive Christmas Tree exuded warmth and Christmas cheer. From there a lift took us upstairs for our Christmas Afternoon Tea in their amazing Terrace Restaurant. After having had our annual Christmas Teas at Fenwick’s for so many years, it was not easy to find a new venue, but El chose a ‘winner’.

We all liked the new venue, the staff were very attentive and the tea was lovely. The afternoon went quickly and as always there didn’t seem enough time to catch up with everyone.

It was an early start to the Christmas Season and we even had our first Carol Service that evening. Bill was singing, I was listening. The Service was at St Margaret’s Westminster and I decided to walk from the Dilly to Westminster. The walk gave me almost childish pleasure. The air was cold and dry and the Christmas lights were twinkling and dancing against the darkening sky at Piccadilly Circus and down Lower Regent Street. If I were John Betjeman, I could have written a poem!