Off to visit friends today

Dragged Mum and Dad to the RAF Museum at Hendon today. Something I had wanted to see since going there as a kid. Obviously a great range of planes and artefacts although I found it a little disappointing in that they keep the lighting subdued (I assume so that it reduces damage to paint work and hence maintenance costs) which means everything is dull and it is hard to take photos. The Imperial War Museum displays up at RAF Duxford that we saw back in 2006 were mu...

Back in town for a couple more days before heading to Upton

09/09/2012 First full day in London so we did a hop on hop bus tour. Given it was 28 today it was a by good idea. The open top double deckers are the way to go for looking at all the sites. What makes them even better is your ticket lasts technically 2 days. Aside from getting off outside Hamley's we just cruised around all day.  Ironically Sally wasn't over the moon about getting off just to look at a toy store yet she was the only one to buy something. We cou...

Final stop is Fromelles. The site of the first battle involving the Australians on the Western Front and the place of their first tragedy. There is something special about the Cobbers Memorial, something that symbolises what we would like to think Australians are still all about. Again when you look at the flat open fields that the soldiers had to cross you can only wonder at the mentality of the senior officers in charge. We also visited the Pheasant Wood Cemete...