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Greenwich
Had a big sleep in then off to the metro again to Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard.
We arrived at 10:30, an hour before the start, to get perfect position right at the gate. Lucky - because later it quite busy and any further back all you see is peoples heads. It was very cold (1 degree), but worth it. The band came in and …
Big day around London
Started the day walking to the metro then to St Paul's. Shareen keeps a Tube Map in her pocket and is becoming very proficient at the metro and works out the lines and changes for us. St Paul's was very spectacular and the audio guide was good. We walked up the steps all the way to the top,
Then it was off again to Leicester Square for the …
Drive to London
Had a real traditional cooked English breakfast at the B&B.
It was very cold and roads were icy, so left the car at the B&B and caught the bus to Oxford city. Started with a tour of the Bodleian Library which was OK but perhaps Shareen was a bit bored. Then we went to find Harry Potter locations in the University, but annoyingly, …
London Calling
... frisbee games. Remote controlled flying things, people messing about in boats, large flocks of pigeons, ducks, geese and swans. I sat at the Round Pond for a bit then wandered on, and out a gate, found Royal Albert Hall, walked a bit further, walked back in a gate, realised I was now in Hyde Park. And yet again used my faulty sense of direction to get myself to the farthest point away from where I'd started. I checked out google maps and got my bearings, ...
Surprise, Surprise
... Pinot Gris Pinot Noir and C******nay, they were basically growing lots of relatively obscure German varieties. I have had Muller Thurgau before but most of the others were well beyond normal.
We had lunch at the very nice Gallery restaurant there, good time had by all. While we were there, there was a local half marathon which displayed all the classic British eccentricity. Virtually no-one was running in conventional running gear but generally dressed up ...