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Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Weekend mini break in London

It was a relief to see Doug's plane landing in London. I had been expecting a strike or something as so many of my journeys are messed up at the moment. Pretty much on time though so all good.

We ate in many many different places. This is the view from Royal China in Canary Wharf. Nice outside tables.

The Cutty Sark. Aidan and I went not long ago, and Doug thought it sounded good.

The bunks were pretty small as this was the largest one.

View of work from Greenwich observatory (on the hill above the Cutty Sark)

On the tube, bit different to the lovely country side in France

On the escalator 

Cool new route master buses (I guess not very new, been around a couple of years maybe)

Trafalgarsquare 

Exhibition at the National Gallery

Was good, interesting mix

China town

River at Hammersmith. We went to a 40th birthday party in a pub on the right of the picture here. Was really fun with free food and beer! Brill!

Amounst many other things we ate sushi. (other things being curry, dim sum, chinese crispy duck, pub food... and many more...)

The British Museum

View from the members room - Aidan is a member

Holy cow

Another holy cow in the Sunken Cities exhibition

Ram

The Elgin Marbles. Always makes me think of a Georgette Heyer book called Cotillion where a character Freddy gets really outraged at being made to go and see the Elgin Marbles (when they first arrived in London) because they don't have heads and are all broken up.

Assyrian statues. Our favorite things in the BM

More asyrian stuff. What are they doing with the lemon and handbag. Loads of them have them.

The O2 as seen from the Gun pub/restaurant near the flat

Aidan and Doug in the Gun

Great decor

Great beer

Great food















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