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Day 17 5th June 2019 The Shard

We had a very slow quiet day, time to catch up. We took a bus and the tube to the south side of London Tower Bridge. We had organised a lunch with our neighbour Helen from our apartment building in … Continue reading

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Day 15 3rd June 2019 Kew Gardens, aka, Greg’s Garden Diary

This all started when I asked Deb if she was doing the blog today, she had after all been taking notes all morning. No she said, I have just been recording flowers I have been taking pictures of (there were … Continue reading

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Day 13 1st June 2019 Abbey Rd, Lords Oval and Camden Market.

This morning we were out early to tick the Abbey Rd crossing off our bucket lists. ✔ Done. In many ways this was an amusing start to the day. The crossing is on a regular street (ummm Abbey Rd, go … Continue reading

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Day 11, Thurs 30st May 2019 Greenwich Observatory and The Prime Meridian

Left home at 9am and caught a bus to Westminster Bridge and ferry to Greenwich. The ferry had an amusing and very informative commentary on the past and present state of the Thames and the buildings that line it. Number … Continue reading

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Day 9, 28th May 2019 Hampton Court Castle

We left the flat at 8:30am to get a bus to Vauxhall where we connected with a train to Kingston so we could have a look at the Kings Stone and then cruise to Hampton Court on the Thames. Well … Continue reading

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Day 8 27th May 2019 London – The Churchill War Rooms

This morning we went to the London War Rooms, Churchills headquarters during WWII. This is the top tourist attraction in London. Neither of us are really interested in war, but we were surprised at how much we enjoyed the war … Continue reading

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Day 6 25th May 2019 London Westminster Palace and a little exploring.

We caught the 148 bus to Westminster. Silly us we got off 1 stop early. We arrived at Westminster around 10am, imagine that, us being early! The tour was due to start at 11am with admission 20 minutes beforehand. Lucky … Continue reading

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Day 3 22 May 2019 London / Tower of London

We both slept pretty well last night. Deb was up at 3:15 and me at 5:30. It’s light here from 4:30am to 9:30pm (sunrise and sunset are a bit after and before these times). We had prebooked The Tower of … Continue reading

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Days 1 & 2 20-21 May 2019 Adelaide to London

It’s  been a long day, we both woke at around 4:30am this morning. A busy day before our 9:50pm flight. But at least with the early start we had plenty of time to get through Deb’s list. ? Apartment cleaned, … Continue reading

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2019 United Kingdom, Iceland and Republic of Ireland

64 days until gregndeb’s UK, Ireland and Icelandic Adventures begin. ?? Number of Views :1454

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