As it was Sunday we had a lay in until about 8.15 then rang the kids in Australia before having breakfast.
After breakfast we went into London and wandered around Westminster (the Abbey was closed to visitors), the Victoria Embankment, through St James's Park to the Mall and down to Buckingham Palace stopping to have a seat by St James's Park Lake which was absolutely beautiful as the sun was shining and it was a lovely warm day. This is the first day we have been able to leave our big coats at home.
The Bupa Westminster Mile race was on so the roads around the Palace were closed to traffic for the event. There was racing for all ages including children and wheel chair races. Looked like they were having fun as the weather was perfect for it..
Then it was off home to catch the 90 minutes replay of the Monaco F1 race at 5.35pm. The BBC is only broadcasting a few of the races live as Sky Sports has the rights to the rest.
A nice relaxing day so Lyn was happy. And Mick was happy as he managed to get away with only having to buy a £1 pencil from the Westminster Abbey souvenir shop!
St James's Park on a lovely day - the sun does shine in England
After breakfast we went into London and wandered around Westminster (the Abbey was closed to visitors), the Victoria Embankment, through St James's Park to the Mall and down to Buckingham Palace stopping to have a seat by St James's Park Lake which was absolutely beautiful as the sun was shining and it was a lovely warm day. This is the first day we have been able to leave our big coats at home.
The Bupa Westminster Mile race was on so the roads around the Palace were closed to traffic for the event. There was racing for all ages including children and wheel chair races. Looked like they were having fun as the weather was perfect for it..
Then it was off home to catch the 90 minutes replay of the Monaco F1 race at 5.35pm. The BBC is only broadcasting a few of the races live as Sky Sports has the rights to the rest.
A nice relaxing day so Lyn was happy. And Mick was happy as he managed to get away with only having to buy a £1 pencil from the Westminster Abbey souvenir shop!
St James's Park on a lovely day - the sun does shine in England
The tall building in the background is the Shard. The Shard, also referred to as the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge
and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-storey skyscraper in London.
Its construction began in March 2009and it was completed on 30 March 2012
and inaugurated on 5 July 2012. We decided it cost too much to go up at £30 a head when the ride to the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai only cost £23. The Shard reaches a height of 309m and has 72 floors whereas the Burj Khalifa's height is 830m and it has 163 floors
A Nissan what? There is a very large Nissan manufacturing plant in the UK
I am now catching up with your posts. Great photos and am enjoying your adventures...
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