Yesterday I had a well earned day off work and spent the day in London. The trains managed to behave themselves although the reserve booking of seats was all messed up which seems the case more often than not…
On arrival in London there was a short detour to check out the Bank of England before [...]
Archive for the tag 'London'
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Rainy Day in London
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2012
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Architecture 100 :: 9 – Tower Bridge
A brief history from Wiki:
Background
In the second half of the 19th century, increased commercial development in the East End of London led to a requirement for a new river crossing downstream of London Bridge. A traditional fixed bridge could not be built because it would cut off access by tall-masted ships to the [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2012
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2012
Filed under Art, Holidays, Kent February 2010
PhotoHunt – Point
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Out & About
Snow Globe
Last Saturday I went on a day trip to London (more about the day soon). At this time of year it is a must to go and see the Christmas decorations in the windows at Selfridges. This year the theme seemed to be white and the windows didn’t grab my attention. Until I came to [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2011
Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it.
Robert A. Heinlein
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2011
