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If it's raining and you need a cheap umbrella, just go to London Transport's lost property office at Baker Street station and say you left a black umbrella on the tube. They just hand you a replacement one. And they have hundreds of black umbrellas to choose from.
At weekends you can upgrade to first class on Eurostar for less than the cost of the meal and drink they serve you for free!
Hyde Park is wonderful and it's only 15 minutes from Kings Cross, the terminus for the Eurostar train!
A ludicrously expensive city, but a one day bus pass will take you anywhere for only £3.50.
Travelling by train to Europe has been very difficult for people living in the North. Combining a cheap ticket to London with a cheap Eurostar ticket is not easy. If you can only get a value ticket to London one-way, use Virgin Trains who now sell half-savers for flexible one-way travel.
http:://www.virgintrains.co.uk
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