Today was the last of my museum days (for this trip), so it was on the train from Bedford down to St Pancras station, using the E. Midlands train. 35mins for 50 miles (80Km) including 2 intermediate stops, if only we had a train service like this in Victoria. I had decided to visit the Cabinet War Rooms (CWR) and HMS Belfast today as both were on the list of wants, (not Jane's of course). So after getting off the train and running into my cousin in the middle of...

After such a BIG day yesterday we decided to go easy today, as always when in London a trip to Harrods is in order, just to look and wonder. we managed to find a new handbag for Mel, given her love of Celine handbags, Chris just has to find a way of funding it. Jane managed to find a couple of potential dresses for Kate and Celeste's wedding in March. Of course the Christmas shop was in full swing even though we are still a long way off, apparently it runs like t...

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...