Day trip to London

Hello there - we were away for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and spent our third and last day on a day trip to London - I love going to London

On walking down Regent Street I spotted these flags flying in a side street

Statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus

Buses flying around everywhere

Beautiful architecture

More flags flying

Admiralty Arch

Statue of Admiral Nelson perched on his column 

Working at Horse Guards Parade

Cyclists coming up Whitehall taking part in Ride London 2016

Downing Street very protected

The Cenotaph

Big Ben

Westminster Abbey

St Margaret's Church is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey

I heard a plane overhead and turned the camera skywards

No didn't manage to get that then.

Glancing back again to Big Ben - I love it

Lovely statues at Parliament Square

Remembering Jo Cox

Another glance back at Big Ben

I heard another plane - nope missed it again!!

London Eye in the background

I love these dotted all around the streets as you walk around

Chris Frome and his team being interviewed just before their start of

Ride London 2016

The finish for the race was down The Mall

Beautiful gardens outside Buckingham Palace

Statue of Queen Victoria

Cyclist being ushered out of the finish

Buckingham Palace

Standing to attention

We went on around Buckingham Palace to walk up the side road and I spotted this

on the wall - you wouldn't ever get over those walls!

We stopped and chatted to a lady who had ridden Ride London and this is the medal

she won for doing the 100 mile ride.  The front side said the date and distance and

the reverse side showed a map of the course.

What a fantastic medal to have won and you would treasure it forever more.

We were walking to Wellington Arch just beyond Buckingham Palace to

go in and up onto the outside balcony to look out over London as this is an

English Heritage property and we are members so we get to go in.

Looking back over the cyclists clearing area where they are then sent on their way home.

Yay - got one this time!!

Thanks for popping by and I hope you enjoyed my walk

around London - I will return as I love it so much

Xx Joy xX

I joined these once I got home, though the border still isn't done

 I must get on and finish that!!

A trip to the mainland

Hello there - we recently took a trip to the mainland for a couple of days - as we got off the catamaran and were waiting for our coach I snapped the Spinnaker Tower as it had had a facelift with a coat of paint since last we were on the mainland.

 

On we went to Epsom where we had a wander around the park and town

 

 

 

Stunning colours

 

 

Epsom clock tower

 

 

 

These phone boxes are a permanent feature at the top end of the

town at Kingston where we went the next day

 

 

We took a walk along the river and I snapped some things

that caught my eye

 

 

 

A swan having a clean

 

 

 

Some houseboat fun

 

 

We are in Kingston and cross the bridge

 

 

 

There is a cycle path across the bridge

 

 

 

Once across - you are in Richmond

 

 

Walking the path and heading towards

Hampton Court Palace

 

 

Silver birch saplings

 

 

 

 

A tent pitched and all set for fishing

(You can camp for two nights to fish with a permit)

 

 

 

 

 

What lovely properties!!

 

 

A lovely setting

 

 

The outskirts of Hampton Court Palace

 

 

Very regal toppings on the fence

 

Even more regal

 

 

Double fences surround Hampton Court Palace

 

 

Double walls

 

 

A wall you wouldn't climb over

 

 

 

L O V E this snap - ooooohhh the neatness

 

 

a deck chair to sit and rest your weary feet

 

 

The flower bed as you enter or leave

 

 

Through these beautiful gates!!

 

Our walk from Richmond around the park took hubby and I two hours - it was a long time since we last did that walk when our son was at Uni in Kingston.  It didn't seem so far or take as long but perhaps that was because we haven't walked it for 18 years!!  We had a lovely day though.

 

 

 

 

 

And of course I took some crochet with me

 

Thanks for popping by

 

Xx Joy xX

 

PS

 

The next day was a trip to London - Why not come back another day for that tour