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Day Two - Regents Park
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Awoke early. Weather was clear but quite windy. Had continental breakfast at the hotel, and a cup of tea with real milk in it. Then I was off walking through London. It was cold! When I was out of the wind it wasn’t too bad but the wind was blooming freezing! I had on a t-shirt, long-sleeved shirt, windcheater, parka and scarf and at times was still chilly.
The streets weren’t very busy at 7:30 as I made my way to Regents Park. In the park there was a small number of joggers and dog-walkers. There were formal English gardens here with rows of clipped trees and hedges, lawns and fountains. A host of golden daffodils waved in the wind and crocuses poked their little flowers through the grass. Birds were singing and the sun was shining - it was beautiful!
I was much too early to visit the zoo so I just wandered. Regents Park is huge and, as well as the formal gardens, contains large playing fields, a lake and many paths through it in all in different directions. The trees were mostly bare but there was early blossom and a faint tinge of green on some where small buds were starting to show.
I joined the small crowd waiting to enter London Zoo at about 9:55. It cost £14:50 to enter. I still like London Zoo; it’s small by most standards but filled with charming displays. Some of the cages are quite old with a lot of wire but they are changing that all the time. My favourite exhibits were walk-through ones where small monkeys were kept but there were no cages - the monkeys just climbed around ignoring people as you walked by them. By midday, the wind had eased a little and I bought some pasta salad for lunch. Food prices at the zoo were inflated just like Melbourne Zoo - £3.40 for a hot dog? No thanks!
I strolled back to the hotel with sore feet but satisfied that I had a great day. Bought myself a bird-book at Watersons’s Books. Uploaded all my pics to the computer. There are some good ones there I think, and I will try and get them on Flickr if I can.
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Day Four - To the Tower
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My feet have done it again. They have led me a merry chase all over London once more. It was cold but clear this morning, the sky a lovely blue.
I started off walking to St Paul’s Cathedral, stopping on the way to have breakfast at a café. Pretty much the same as yesterday but without the baked beans.
I stopped as I passed over Holburn Viaduct to take a picture of the street where Dad used to work - Plumtree Court.
St Paul’s is expensive - £10 to get in. But in I went. It’s a fantastic place, the interior of the dome is richly painted with religious pictures. The Duke of Wellington and Nelson are buried in the crypt in huge ornate tombs.
Next was the Monument. This is in Pudding Lane and commemorates where the Great Fire of London started. It was covered in scaffolding from top to bottom. Oh well, I would probably paid an entrance fee, climbed up it and then been scared of the height of it.
From there my feet took off in the direction of the Tower of London. One of the Yeoman of the Guard took us on a guided tour. He was quite funny - not that I can remember any of the witty lines he said. I had a good look at the armories and the Crown Jewels. The ravens were bouncing around on the lawn but didn’t come near enough for a good close up. It was quite busy there with lots of school groups from all over Europe or so it sounded.
By this time my feet were really sore so I caught a taxi back to the British Museum and then proceeded to walk around the displays there - this, of course, made my feet even sorer. I especially liked the early British, Roman and Egyptian displays. Some of the early craftsmanship is exquisite. I stuck my 50mm lens on the camera and took about 50 available light photos. Some of these have a lot of glass reflections on them which I couldn’t seem to avoid.
Then it was back to the hotel again to rest my poor weary feet. The weather forecast is for COLD tomorrow with possible ice, sleet and maybe a fluttering of snow. It might be time to have a look at the Natural History Museum, Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum - they are all close together.
And thanks to Michael for getting the global roaming problem with my phone all fixed up!
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