Yet another group email.
(Don't worry soon we will get a blog up and running which you can then voluntarily visit rather than being subjected to the group e-mail thing!)
Yesterday we did the walking tour of London. Walking up along the side of the Thames seeing the sights and basically people watching all the weirdos along the way. We walked along the London Tower bridge (avoided the war ship and tower of London as we had done similar in Portsmith and there were so many tourists around - ironic) and through the Tate Modern. From there we headed along the side streets to St Paul's Cathedral, what an awesome sight that was! I highly recommend going if you get a chance. Fantastic views of everything from Big Ben, the London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe, Buckingham Palace, all the bridges etc - thankfully if had stopped drizzling by then so we could see it all! After that it was on down to Trafalgar Square then the park by the palace and Buckingham Palace itself - probably the most unimpressive of the lot, although we did get to see the guards move (they marched a bit but no changing of the guard). The grand finale I guess was catching a show at the theatre at the end of the night. The Lion King was just incredible, the costumes fantastic, characters hilarious and a great way to end the day!
From here we collect the rental car and visit some of Neil's rellies near Gloucester before catching up with Fi in Bristol and all going on to Wales to see the puffins (and other things too like walks etc)
Blenhiem Palace Estate pictured is where my Mum grew up. Grandad was the Farm manager and that nice chap next to Karyn is my Uncle Bruce.
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