Category Archives: 2019 UK, Iceland and Ireland

Day 17 5th June 2019 The Shard

Posted on 06/06/2019 by Greg

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 16 4th June 2019, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, a demonstration and Everyone’s talking about Jamie at the Apollo theatre.

Posted on 05/06/2019 by Deborah

We left the flat after 9.30am this morning, we walked to the National Portrait museum.   On the way we stuck our head into Brown’s hotel, we were going to go to Fortnum & Mason but it was closed due to a … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 04/06/2019 by Greg

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 14, 2nd June 2019, Southbank and Evensong at Westminster Abbey.

Posted on 03/06/2019 by Deborah

Did a bit of cleaning of the flat this morning, looked better afterwards. There are a few plants here that I have enjoyed looking after, they look much happier after 2 weeks of a bit of love! FaceTimed some family … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 02/06/2019 by Greg

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 12, 31st May 2019, an interesting morning and a fabulous afternoon

Posted on 01/06/2019 by Deborah

We were out the door at 9.15am on the bus heading to The Regent Garden. We missed our stop as we were too busy talking! We got off two stops later! ? it didn’t matter, we got to see more … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 31/05/2019 by Greg

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 10, 29th May 2019, a day of culture, Natural History Museum, V & A and Royal Albert Hall.

Posted on 30/05/2019 by Deborah

Was another enjoyable day today, headed out around 9.30am, walked through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to The Natural History Museum (no catching the wrong bus for us today ? in fact I don’t think we took a wrong turn, … Continue reading →

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Day 9, 28th May 2019 Hampton Court Castle

Posted on 29/05/2019 by Greg

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

Posted on 28/05/2019 by Greg

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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