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Day 55 & 56 The Flights home

Posted on 13/07/2023 by Greg

We boarded our flight from Heathrow at about 9:10pm, it’s roughly a 6.5 hour flight to Abu Dhabi. I settled into my seat and looked at my onboard screen. It was about 00:30am, in Abu Dhabi and 35C. Deb pointed … Continue reading →

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Day 55 10 July 2023 London It has been fun, but it’s time to go home.

Posted on 11/07/2023 by Greg

Sad to say, but we woke for the last time (this holiday) in London. Tonight we board the first of three flights to take us home. We had a nice surprise early today, we got a video from Laura of … Continue reading →

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Day 54. 9 July 2023 London Westminster to Temple

Posted on 10/07/2023 by Greg

We decided to have an “early” walk before breakfast this morning. We got away from the hotel at about 7:45am. The streets were empty, no cars anywhere and very few people out. The streets had barricades around them, we got … Continue reading →

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Day 53 8 July 2023 Cambridge to London on the Thames.

Posted on 09/07/2023 by Greg

NEWS FLASH: The ability to comment on our blog should be working again. Please give it a try. Just click on “Leave a comment” at the end of our blog. A lazy morning, midday check out, train to Liverpool St … Continue reading →

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Day 52 7 July 2023 Cambridge

Posted on 08/07/2023 by Greg

Comments should be working again if you would like to comment on our blog posts. We had a special day today, we were shown around Cambridge by Deb’s first cousin once removed, Eleanor. Eleanor did her Law degree at Cambridge, … Continue reading →

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Day 51 6 July 2023 Mayfair to Cambridge

Posted on 07/07/2023 by Greg

Finished tidying the flat and were out by 8:30am. We got a little lost getting to the train station but we got there. A quick train to Liverpool St Station and a 30 minute wait for our train to Cambridge. … Continue reading →

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Day 50 5 July 2023 London Kensington Palace

Posted on 06/07/2023 by Greg

We’re in the UK, must be time to visit another Palace! We have tickets to Kensington Palace for opening time, 10am. Currently they have an exhibition in the Palace entitled “Crown to Couture – The Fashion Show of the Centuries”. … Continue reading →

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Day 49 4 July 2023 London – Soho. The end is nigh!

Posted on 05/07/2023 by Greg

A week today we will be halfway home, so today was partly about that. 🙁 We began getting organised for the next week of our trip, we go to Cambridge on Thursday and had arranged to leave one of our … Continue reading →

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Day 48 3 July 2023 London Mayfair

Posted on 04/07/2023 by Greg

Today we spent the morning strolling through the north part of Mayfair. We walked through Grosvenor Square and eventually to Mercato Mayfair, what is described as a hip market in Mayfair. It is in a deconsecrated church and now houses … Continue reading →

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Day 47 2 July 2023 London Marylebone Market

Posted on 03/07/2023 by Greg

We didn’t really have too much planned for today. A visit to a local market, watch the cricket on TV and then Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral in the afternoon. Well, as the song goes, “2 out of 3 ain’t … Continue reading →

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