We skipped the cooked breakfast this morning, preferring to get ourselves over to Victoria Station in plenty of time for our 8am start, so we bought some vegetarian pasties along our way. We arrived out at the Warner Brothers studio at 9.30am and after the introductory movie footage we were taken into the Hogwarts Dining Hall set. This was followed by various sets, props and equipment used in the films. We looked at the boys' bedroom, the Weasley's home, Dumbledo...

This morning we had a lovely cooked English breakfast in our hotel before setting out for our explorations. Typical though, we got to Paddington station to find that the Bakerloo line was closed due to an operational problem, so we sat down and replanned our journeys. By the time we finished, we made our way over to the underground to find the line was open again, but only spasmodically, due to overcrowding on the platforms. So on we went - Tom off to check out t...

After a beautifully rested night we checked out and were taken by golf buggy back to the airport. We thought for convenience we'd have breakfast at Maccas (the other places all seemed to offer various versions of lunch and dinner) but no, they only accept cash in Malaysian ringgits, which we didn't stock up on because we really didn't think we'd need it. So we checked in our baggage and got the train to the satellite terminal and found O'Brien's Irish cafe for a ...

Well, we had a wonderful time on the ship - even booked another cruise whilst on board but have had second thoughts on that. Cunard just hasn't been the same since Carnival bought them. We yearn for the atmosphere on the QE2 the first time - back in 1995. Today we taxied to Southampton Central railway after self-disembarkation. From there we caught the train to Waterloo where we left our luggage at the Left Luggage Office, before catching the train to Charing C...

What a long day!!!! Our brekky down in the restaurant was included in the tariff which was nice, and when we awoke we could see the QE arriving at her berth. They were the only 2 good things about our room, oh, and that we had a 12 noon checkout. We just packed and waited and waited and waited....... After we checked out we sat in the lobby for 30 minutes or so, and then ordered a taxi. The taxi driver was really pleased we were going to the QE because there we...