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Bromley, Kent This will be a day traveling  by bus since our destination is also in the south east of London. The weather was not particularly good so we took our umbrella and waterproof top just to make sure.  It became too windy to use the umbrella without doing a Mary Poppins. The Interchange between buses and trams is three or four stops away from the bus stop right out side the end of our...

Kings Cross area To destination via Victoria then the subway. There are a lot of high tech HQ's plus trendy shops in what was previously rail sidings and gas storage area and we wandered around. We were already getting a little bit tired but there was so much to see. Below is an example of good exterior design. Here are more images of the area adjacent to Kings Cross Station and Kings Hall We...

This was our first real exploratory day so we decided to start our journey from East Croydon, and apologies to those who are unfamiliar with London but it is about 10 miles south of Trafalgar Square which is in the center of London. We took the 109 bus which goes through all the small towns and my old haunts (we used to live in Streatham) basically up the A23 to Brixton. That was our first...

Various images seen from the street. Images in and around the South Bank Centre Andrew's 84th Birthday Celebration The main purpose of our London visit was to celebrate the 84th birthday of my friend Andrew Taylor whom I have known since 1970. There were six of us, 3 couples, and we met in the Union Jack Club just off Waterloo. This is for servicemen only and they rigorously check everyone to...

You can pay any amount of money getting to London. The most expensive is the train directly from Bath to Paddington. A return train ticket London to Bath comes in at around £70 return, more during peak times. We prefer a coach which although it takes longer is a fraction of the price. This time we paid five pounds each way which made a total of £20 return for us both. We like to leave in the...

So what could this be? I remember on the last coronation day I was on the embankment riding on my father's shoulders. It was dark so if I recall it was a firework show or similar. I have to hand it to the Brits, we know how to do our ceremonies. I hear the event cost £275m. That might pay a week's worth of interest on our national debt. But who am I to be a killjoy?  Let us immerse ourselves in...