Weather was good, so decided on a couple of days visiting London. Based at Abbey Wood CC site for 3 nights. Left at 1000hrs arrived on site 1200hrs. Chose our pitch and met our neighbour.
This site is in the middle of a busy urban area, yet is a haven of nature. Well known is the habit of the foxes to steal your shoes if left outside. We walked to the station and checked times and prices for tomorrow. Quiet evening of beer, food and tv in Eevie.
June 15th.
Another lovely day. Got ourselves into gear and caught the 1007hrs train. We got off at Westcombe Park and walked to the river. We had decided to take a trip on the Emirates Cable Car across to Excel. We'd seen it many times so had to give it a go. Eventually got to the river and then the cable station.
The fare was £4 sinlgle each, which was fine by us. Got our tickets and off we went.
It was very smooth apart from a gentle sway in the breeze. About half way across you discover you're on the flight path to London City Airport, the planes pass quite close.
Very soon you are descending to Excel.
From there we took the Docklands Light Railway to Tower Hill. Walked from there to Tower Pier and caught the Catamaran to Embankmet. Very short trip, about 10 minutes I think. Strange but Hazel actually felt sea sick, so we wont be doing that again. Then got the Underground to Oxford Street, into the "Spaghetti House" where we had excellent pizzas for lunch. Strolled around the West End for a couple of hours, then back to Abbey Wood for the evening.
June 16th.
Another lovey day. Caught the same time train but stayed on until London Bridge, then Underground to Hyde Park Corner. Walked from there through the Rose Garden to the Serpentine. Took a break and had a cup of coffee by the lake.
We then walked along southern side, stopped for a while and cooled our feet in the Princess Diana memorial.
Hadn't seen it before and it's very nice. It was to see the children were allowed to paddle in it. We left the park by the Albert Memorial and walked to the Science Museum for a look round. There is plenty there to see,
amazing to think 3 men lived in this for a journey to the moon and back. From there we caught the Underground to Waterloo, then walked along the South Bank to London Bridge. Train back to Abbey Wood and quiet evening in Eevie.
June 17th.
Up and away, left site 1000hrs and home 1200hrs. It had been a nice couple of days.
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