A good nights sleep, no doubt made easier by the couple of pints over dinner last night, and the fact we were both very jet lagged. Down for a full English breakfast to get us fueled up for a big day of sightseeing. We had decided to take one of the tourist buses to get us around and chose Big Bus as we had used them in a couple of other trips. The bus took us from outside the Ritz Hotel showing us a number of the sights through to the Tower of London. As can b...

Made it to our hotel early this afternoon following a very uneventful trip, always good when the plans work out, after clearing immigration and picking up the bags we caught the Heathrow Express train to Paddington and then a short taxi trip to the hotel. The caps have followed us and made an appearance in the Doha lounge. We will see where they turn up next. We are staying right in the middle of Mayfair, just like being on a real life Monopoly board. We ha...

Well after weeks / months of planning, even more talking, and so many options given to the approval committee they wanted to "cut their throats", we have finally made it to departure day. Kate arrived at 5pm wanting to be fed before becoming our wonderful taxi driver to get us to the airport. the trip was so good Jane even managed the trip without trying to brake or comment during the journey. Check in was smooth, and even security and immigration were quick, a...