Headed off to London to catch a boat down the Thames to Greenwich. Needed to test our sea legs out for the river cruise in a weeks time. We knew the river was tidal but did not realise how big the difference would be between low and high tide - a lot. Greenwich is home to GMT, the National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory and much more. To do it all properly in a day would be impossible so we only touched on a bit of it especially as ...

Early start as we head off for our first visit to Millenium Stadium to see the rugby game between Ireland and Canada. Three trains on the underground before we got to Paddington Station and the 2.5 hour train trip to Cardiff. Everything was well organised going down, the train was packed but we luckily managed to grab some seats. The weather was fantastic in Cardiff although very foggy for most our journey down. The city was buzzing with stalls selling RWC team c...

Royal Day Out today as we headed off to Buckingham Palace. Not a great day weatherwise but we would be indoors for most of it. Three trains on the underground and we were there. Even though we are not in the height of the tourist season there were plenty of us (tourists). We started with the Mews which, although it now means stables, used to mean 'moulting feathers' as it original;y described a building to keep the hunting birds - falcons. After explaining the h...

Rest day behind us we are off today to see St. Pauls Cathedral and go to a play. Anne had had a short visit to the Cathedral once before but Bruce had not been inside. An amazing unique cathedral. Surprising was the number of tributes to war dead, the leaders and heros and various battles and wars. Often in cathedrals Crypts are not open to the public but not the case here. We decided we needed a bit of exercise so decided to climb up to the Whispering (274 steps...