Started the day with an English Breakfast - porridge, eggs, bacon for me and a veggie sausage for Mare, fresh fruit, tea/coffee. Anne, the inn keeper was kind enough to make us sandwiches for lunch with chips. We headed out to check out the route we will be on when we leave Holy Island on …
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And Now For Something Different – leaving the city for the country
After breakfast, porridge, egg, bacon, toast, and tea/coffee, we checked out and headed to the local laundry. A bank holiday today so the laundry opened at 10. We were out of there by 11, washed and dried. Washer cost £7 and dryer was £2 for twenty minutes. Pricey but worth it. Put the clean clothes …
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Guided Tour of Camden Town and Much More
We met up with Paul, our personal greeter, tour guide, in front of King’s Cross Train Station. We booked a free tour with London Greeters before leaving home. Londoner's who love their city provide free walking tours. Paul took us around King’s Cross Station, stopped by Platform 9 3/4, we missed the Hogwort's Express. Then …
Mind the Gap
Danger on the Underground- space between the platform and the car - Mind the Gap! We're managing to spend the daily maximum (cap) on the Underground everyday, £6.80. That's the most charged against our Oyster Card balance. Have to add £10 to each card later today. The Tower of London was our event for the …
Buckingham Palace and Churchill War Rooms
Started the day with a British Breakfast, tomorrow going with the porridge. Eggs, toast beans, sausage, ham, juice and coffee, a bit much. Mare had porridge, eggs, toast and tea. We headed out early for Buckingham Palace. Tube from hotel to Westminster Station and then walked via St. James's Park. Sue getting ready to change …
London Calling
Landed at 7:35 AM. Getting off the plane, through customs, getting luggage, buying our Two Together Rail Card, buying 2 Oyster Cards for the London Underground and hopping on the Gatwick Express Train into London took us 2 hours and 15 minutes. Customs took the longest, everything else sort of fell into place. The Two …
Departing Tampa, next stop London
All packed. We're each checking a bag and carrying on a backpack. Awaiting take-off today at 6:20 PM. Look for Marilyn, row 37, got our seat assignments when we checked in. We're flying economy class, so no point in paying $35 per person each way to pick seats early. Our research pointed out that all …
Testing
Making sure the new blog is working and allowing access to photo library. I think we're up an running. Won't know for sure until I actually import photos from camera and try to create a real post from London with multiple pictures. We have the WordPress app on the iPad and managed this post. Cheers! …
We’re Going Across The Pond
Got our plane tickets - May 23 flying nonstop from Tampa to London's Gatwick Airport, returning on June 21, nonstop Gatwick Airport to Tampa; got some, but not all, of our places to stay; got medical trip insurance. We're going on a short walk in Great Britain. We'll begin St. Oswald's Way and then continue …
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