Next day… we did the Tower of London, Crown Jewels (I’ll settle for the little crown ), St Paul’s Cathedral - we walked up the winding staircase to the roof - I was so scared…saw some tombs of important people, walked over the Millenium Bridge, gave the Tate Modern a miss - all artworked out sorry - did a tour of the Globe Theatre, repented of our lack of appreciation for art and went to the National Portrait gallery….I do enjoy this type of art as you learn so much about the people and the artist…the one of the Virgin boss was absolutley fascinating…can’t recall his name …… ah well, doesn’t matter…
think that was all we did that day..home to bed but no sleep…having problems still with insomnia, not helped by the Italians partying next door after midnight. Glenn is very tired and I am a tad worried at how hard he is pushing himself….we will slow down next week to let him build up again…
I have already mentioned our ferry ride and trip to Greenwich but I didn’t tell you that we found the Royal Obseravtory there too…Glenn has always been fascinated with latitude and longitude, so he was thrilled to get there….spent ages reading all the signs as usual he he… stared raining heavily as we made our way back to the station….but luckily I had thrown in the umbrella Shell and David had given us before we left home…so didn’t get too wet. We had decided to abandon our plans for the day and go find a pub to have a feed and drink in …made our way to Wapping to find a pub called the Bag of Nails that John had told us about… couldn’t find it but we did find the oldest pub on the Thames - built in ….wait for it….. 1520 !!! can you get your head around that???? It was called the Prospect of Whitby…so we had a beer there and as there was no food available - it was 4pm by now and the kitchen was closed, we headed back into Piccadilly, hoping to get some seats for Mamma Mia…and we did !!! We loved the show and sang along to most of it…well worth the money. Go if you get the chance - we will go again if we have the chance.
I forgot to mention that we voted that morning too …unbeknown to us, the voting only started that morning and our previous attempts to find the consulate would have been fruitless anyway. I think we were on TV too as the cameras were there filming the first voters..so we did our bit …
We also found Fortnum and Mason’s…John will be happy we did…..and a fair where we found a few treasures to bring home for folk….wait and see………………so after another full day, it was back home via Kings Cross, where we collected our tickets to Newcastle….Glenn was so tired by now, he could hardly walk…felt so bad for him. Thankfully, the next door neighbours were gone and he got a good nights sleep….so next stop, Newcastel upon tyne, where we are staying with another Heather. till then, sleep tight, one and all….
Hi Glenn and Heather,
So glad you are having a great (if sometimes unexpected) time!! Thanks for the letter - we loved having you stay, and No, Heather, you didnt talk too much - we loved it all! Incredibly hard to say goodbye to you two…
We look forward to your next adventures, coming soon to this website!
Love Alison.xoxox
Hi! Just found your blogs! I didnt realise you were writing on here….sounds like you guys are having a wonderful time. What was the globe like? It will be interesting to see how it compares to the theatres of Rome….looking forward to hearing about your adventures some more when you can write. Please take it easy and make sure you are getting enough sleep!! By the sounds of it Dave and I have plenty of museums to get to in the years to come - he has been to Europe already..but im sure he will take me in anycase
(hint, hint bub….if you’re reading this) Anyways, take care my pretties. Love ya xox