Monday 31 August I wake earlier than necessary unfortunately. I go down and collect our washing and fold it. We pack before a light breakfast. I'm feeling mildly ill. We leave not long after 7am for the train station. It's been such a nice weekend. It's very wet today. We get on the train and it's pretty deserted. Nana and grandad phone me for my birthday which is nice, but the connection is lost when we train through a tunnel. In London we head to Victoria stat...

Thursday 27 August We get up early and Malcolm prints out our itinerary. After breakfast we head to the Mongolian embassy and wait for it to be open. We get all the info and hand it over. We can collect the passports on Monday so we are happy we don't have pay the express fee. I want to check out harrods. We walk past royal Albert hall and enjoy some time in Hyde park. I read an article about how important play is for adults. Especially in relaxing. Harrods wa...

Wednesday 26 August Another wet English day. The sun seems to come out for a brief period in the evening. We head into town but it's pretty miserable with the rain. We check out stores. I like the book stores mostly. So much to see. We go into a department store that looks like it sells junk mostly. Cheap rubbishy clothes. We head to the visa place around 2pm to collect our passports. It's extra to pay with card so Mal dashes off to get more cash out. We decid...

Tuesday 25 August. We are up and packed with our things in storage. The sun is out. Malcolm goes to get more money out then we have breakfast. Thankfully the tube strike doesn't go ahead so we are free to use it. We decide to go to see Stonehenge. It's a few trains and a few hours to Salisbury. There it's wet and windy. I wish I had my sweater. We catch a bus that goes to the henge and gives commentary. At the information centre we get audio guides and take the...

Monday 24 August It's raining. A lot. Malcolm catches up on his blog. I do some research into visiting Greenwich. The rain clears and we head off to the train. We barely get to Greenwich when it starts raining again. We head to the info centre and check things out. It's raining very hard and we only have the the 1 small umbrella. We visit the painted hall and chapel then to the navel museum. We stop for a snack and continue on to the royal observatory where the...