Recovered today after a day in bed so we joined throngs of Londoners picnicking in the sun at Lincoln's Inn Fields with a fresh squeezed & blended juice from a great street stall. Walked through some of the old city square mile & found Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub where Charles Dickens used to sit & write in a dark cosy corner. St Brides church - the inspiration for tiered wedding cakes, the lovely Leadenhall Markets, St Paul's & the Monument where...

Tour of Wimbledon Tennis & Croquet Club in the rain & cold but we were fine after I bought the obligatory brolly - seems they stop play due to rain here often! Great to see some of the iconic places & the names of so many Australians on the honour boards. Shouldn't be surprised that it all seems much smaller than the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne & many outer courts have little seating for spectators. The famous colours of green & purple are ev...

The day Geoff had been looking forward to - to show Sarah where he lived for part of his life here in the 60's. We caught the train from Charing Cross to Chelsfield in Kent & walked the way he used to go home from school down Oxenden Wood Rd to Worlds End Lane. The house called Squirell's Court is still there & though added to, is still largely unchanged. Having Sarah with is made us brave enough to knock on the door & the current owner very generousl...

Walked to Australia House where Geoff's dad was posted during the sixties & looked inside the lovely St Clement Danes church across the road. This pretty little church is the Royal Air Force church & has many memorials to those who died & squadron unit badges set into the floor. I thought of Mum & Bessie who served in the Australian Air Force. Next stop was the magnificent Westminster Abbey where we walked the prescribed route listening to an audi...

Early morning walk around Covent Garden for some photos without the crowds - just me, the pigeons & the garbage collectors - so different without masses of people. Took ourselves to see the British Rock photo exhibition in The Albert Hall & did a guided tour as well. An amazing space modeled on a coliseum & full of lovely red velvet seats & carpets but interestingly has only recently worked out the acoustics - used to reverberate & you'd hear ...