MONDAY 21st MAY 2012LET THE TOURING BEGIN!!!!Had an early brekky and got our cases packed up, then climbed into our taxi to head to Marble Arch to pick up our hire car from the Hertz depot. We pre booked a maxi taxi through the hotel and for about twenty five pounds the four of us and our luggage were deposited in Edgeware Road in about 10 minutes! We started to get the paper work out of the way, then Den and Sue realized they had left their document file with al...

SUNDAY 20th MAY 2012LAST DAY IN LONDON!Spent a hour or so in the local launderette this morning getting our washing done! Quite an experience trying to find enough change for the machines, finding empty machines and then finding out how to use them! But a friendly old local bloke, who was doing his MONTHLY????? wash set us straight and we had a coffee while we waited for the cycles to run their course! It is our last full day in London today and so we spent a whi...

SATURDAY 19th MAY 2012SATURDAY IN LONDONThis morning we set off for more sightseeing, heading first up for Notting Hill where we spent an hour or so at the Portobello Road markets. Widely known over here for their great variety of things for sale, we were expecting a big crowd and we sure weren't disappointed! The trains were packed and we joined the mob in walking down the Road through every imaginable type of stall, selling everything from clothes and souve...

FRIDAY 18th MAY 2012MORE SIGHTSEEING!Friday morning and still the weather is holding up for us, with promised rain not eventuating thank goodness, and we headed off for breakfast at a little cafe (I had sensational pancakes - correction - one pancake, as Sue swapped me for a piece of toast!) and then caught the train to Leicester Square and the theatre district.We had skyped with Katie earlier (rapt to hear her latest, very positive doctors report but pissed that...

THURSDAY 17th MAY 2012LONDON DAY TWOHad a bit of a sleep in after our huge day yesterday! Met up with Den and Sue at about 9 am and wandered into Earls Court and had a light brekky at the Courtfield Hotel to get us started! Caught the train up to Kensington High Street where I stopped at a Vodafone store to get a sim for my iPhone - only to find later that the sales dude had not properly changed the settings and I had no service! Twit!! It was only a short walk f...