The Woody After Hours World Tour 2009 has completed its mission in London. We spread as much knowledge and did as much damage as we could. I think everyone is better for it. We’re now a few hundred miles North West in a little place called Ambleside. It’s pretty.

Before leaving London the Tour wrapped up in Regent’s Park. After arguing for hours with the local officials about permits and things they allowed us to setup the Tour Booth at the Triton Fountain in Queen Mary’s Gardens. We were in an area of the park called the Inner Circle, which shows just how popular WAH is becoming over here.

Have a good weekend everyone. More Tour updates next week.

- Ben

The Woody After Hours World Tour 2009 is wrapping up. We’ve been all over London, the Lake District and Bradford. We’ve had a great time and we’ve spread the decent word, but we’re looking forward to coming back to the States.

It’s the hottest day of the year so far in England, so where better to set up the booth for the last time then in London’s King Cross Tube station. It was hot, it was rush hour, it couldn’t have been a better idea.

See you in a few days. Cheers and mind the gap.

- Ben

The Woody After Hours World Tour 2009 is back in Raleigh. It was a great trip, and much knowledge was transferred to the English about the webcomic that is WAH. We learned a lot ourselves, and I’d like to take a little time over the next few blog posts to pass some of that knowledge on to you. Let’s start with the opinion that…

London is an awesome metropolis

London is the kind of city where you can have a great time without an agenda of any kind. Just go outside, pick a direction and walk. There are so many interesting things to see and experience that you’d actually have to expend more energy to be bored than to have fun. Here is a very short list of the options available:

• Beautiful parks
• Historic monuments
• Exceptional architecture
• Cool stores
• Splendid pubs
• Unique people
• Delicious food

Then, when the day is over and you’re tired, you can take the Tube back to your starting point. I will warn you, however that…

Crossing the street can be challenging

I’m use to large, straight roads in the States. When I cross the street I feel confident that my calculations will allow me to make it to the other side before being killed. And if my math is off, I’m reasonably secure that my fellow countryperson would rather slow down and not hit me then be bogged down by the court system, if only to be told that s/he was right.

England, and I want to make it clear that this is not specifically a London-only thing, is made up of small, curvy roads. And the people who drive those roads really do want to hit you. I’m serious. Because there are so many variables involved it takes college-level calculus to discover the tiny window available to get from one street corner to another. The timing has to be precise, and there is no room for error.

More tomorrow.

- Ben