Comments on: London 2014 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:40:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38679 CherryPie Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:53:12 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38679 They were wonderful, I sight not to be missed. I am so glad I was able to visit them twice. I left still wanting more... But it is right that they should not remain after Armistice day, for them to remain would miss the point. They were wonderful, I sight not to be missed. I am so glad I was able to visit them twice. I left still wanting more…

But it is right that they should not remain after Armistice day, for them to remain would miss the point.

]]> By: ....peter:) http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38674 ....peter:) Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:59:12 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38674 Your visit to the Tower of London sounded like a great adventure Cherie... i would have gone there just to see all of the ceramic poppies in the moat... you took a wonderful picture of them... and thank you....peter:) Your visit to the Tower of London sounded like a great adventure Cherie…
i would have gone there just to see all of the ceramic poppies in the moat…
you took a wonderful picture of them… and thank you….peter:)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38660 CherryPie Sun, 09 Nov 2014 19:31:08 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38660 Hi Bernard, nice to see you :-) I have never been a fan of the tube, but it gets from A to B. This particular journey stuck in the underground was bordering on scary. Luckily I am quite a calm person, but it was the sort of situation that could have led to someone having a panic attack. You don't have to pay to see the poppies they are entirely free. The ticket was to go inside The Tower of London which is not free. As we wanted to see the poppies (again) we thought we would go into The Tower as well to save rushing around London to do something else in addition. I had it half in mind that we might get to see the ceremony at dusk. The plan worked ;-) I couldn't live and work in London, just a few days of London journeys and London hectic are enough for me... Hi Bernard, nice to see you :-)

I have never been a fan of the tube, but it gets from A to B. This particular journey stuck in the underground was bordering on scary. Luckily I am quite a calm person, but it was the sort of situation that could have led to someone having a panic attack.

You don’t have to pay to see the poppies they are entirely free. The ticket was to go inside The Tower of London which is not free. As we wanted to see the poppies (again) we thought we would go into The Tower as well to save rushing around London to do something else in addition. I had it half in mind that we might get to see the ceremony at dusk. The plan worked ;-)

I couldn’t live and work in London, just a few days of London journeys and London hectic are enough for me…

]]> By: Bernard http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38659 Bernard Sun, 09 Nov 2014 19:06:54 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38659 "The tube however was an entirely different matter." Oh, CherryPie, I am sorry to hear this but - I suffered the tube for seven years and on retiring, swore never, ever to venture into London again. I remember someone writing in one of the papers - "Treat London as a prison. Go in, do your time and then get out." Nothing would entice me back there, not even 'the poppies in the moat'. You said something about a prepaid ticket? Heavens, I had no idea that they were charging people to see them. I'm glad to hear that this London trip ran more smoothly than your previous ones - and of course - more smoothly than my one thousand, five hundred previous tube trips! (5 days a week for 7 years!) ;-( Happy Days - Not. As always - mind how you go. B xx “The tube however was an entirely different matter.”
Oh, CherryPie, I am sorry to hear this but – I suffered the tube for seven years and on retiring, swore never, ever to venture into London again. I remember someone writing in one of the papers – “Treat London as a prison. Go in, do your time and then get out.”
Nothing would entice me back there, not even ‘the poppies in the moat’.
You said something about a prepaid ticket? Heavens, I had no idea that they were charging people to see them.
I’m glad to hear that this London trip ran more smoothly than your previous ones – and of course – more smoothly than my one thousand, five hundred previous tube trips! (5 days a week for 7 years!) ;-(
Happy Days – Not.
As always – mind how you go.
B xx

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38658 CherryPie Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:18:17 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38658 I think you would have been fine by the poppies. The crowd was organised into lines with easy exit routes if you had had enough so it didn't really feel like a crowd there. The tube however was an entirely different matter. I think you would have been fine by the poppies. The crowd was organised into lines with easy exit routes if you had had enough so it didn’t really feel like a crowd there.

The tube however was an entirely different matter.

]]> By: Donna@Living From Happiness http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38657 Donna@Living From Happiness Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:10:46 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38657 I do hate crowds but if I am prepared and it a once in a lifetime for me I can handle it. This would be but I am glad you had a pleasant visit. I do hate crowds but if I am prepared and it a once in a lifetime for me I can handle it. This would be but I am glad you had a pleasant visit.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38656 CherryPie Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:08:56 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38656 It has been a bit manic lately ;-) It has been a bit manic lately ;-)

]]> By: james higham http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2014/11/09/london-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-38647 james higham Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:42:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=13836#comment-38647 You're really living at the moment, Cherie. In my case, I think I've gone beyond the queuing and inconvenience stage and shudder at travelling [except by boat of course]. You’re really living at the moment, Cherie. In my case, I think I’ve gone beyond the queuing and inconvenience stage and shudder at travelling [except by boat of course].

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