As the end of 2024 was drawing to a close, we intended for one last day trip to London. We were looking forward to seeing London with its festive lights all aglow.
Sadly, we were not able to visit London to enjoy the festivities because mum became unwell again and was admitted to hospital at the [...]
Archive for the tag 'Foyles'
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Delayed Day Trip to London
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2025
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Out & About
The Temple Church
For many years Mr C and I have wanted to visit the Temple church in London. The church is only open to visitors Monday to Friday and we have historically visited London on a Saturday.
We recently took a day trip to London using our discount railcards with the specific aim of visiting the Temple Church.
Before [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Holidays, London 2014
London – Day Two
The breakfast spread was nice but the service was typical of a London hotel. The toast didn’t arrive and had to be re-ordered.
Our first port of call for the day was the Natural History Museum. We got there before the museum was open and there was already a queue to get in. When the gates [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 20th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
London 2013
Many years ago, a former work colleague organised a day trip to London. The one off trip turned into an annual event taking place in October or November. A core group of people are always present on the trips. The 2013 trip took place last Saturday and, as one of my colleagues [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 19th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Holidays, Kent February 2010
Unexpected
I thought a photograph of Foyles bookshop would be good to include in my 100 photos project. I was so focused on getting all of the word Foyles in the photograph that I didn’t notice what else I had captured in my shot. The people I was with didn’t really help either they kept turning [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2010
