Swan, ducks & squirrels are everywhere here. It's really nice just to walk around the docks with all the boats and the tree lined streets slowly losing there leaves. Massive pub dinner & my first Ale - Spitfire. So cold on the way back. Balcony view of the docks is brilliant, especially on a beautiful sunny morning.

With pocket guide map in hand & the underground tube map in the other I set off for a day of sight seeing. Mums pocket guide she bight for me came in very handy. I got off a packed train at Picadilly Square and as I ascended to street level a whole new world appeared, an amazing fountain stands in the middle of these streets lined with beautiful historic buildings with cast iron features and stone carvings. I walked around all day in awe of the city. There i...

Day 2.5, it was a very long flight and traveling back against the time zone helped squeeze a few more hours in the day. I left Seoul at 13:15 and arrived at Heathrow at 17:30 after 11hrs of flying. As soon as I left the Airport I bought an oyster card, my future travel lifeline for London sight seeing by train, bus or ferry.