London Day 3

Leaving the kids to sleep in, Jon and I were up early to run across Hyde Park to a suburb called Belgravia which was noted for having some of the prettiest streets in London.   It was a nice run and the very upmarket high street didn’t disappoint – it was short in length but there were lots of pretty shops and window displays – London does a nice streetscape.  I wonder how many cats visit the 'Dog and Cat outfitters' shop.

We left the hotel all together later in the morning to go back to Westminster to do a ferry trip all the way down to Greenwich – despite it being pretty cold and occasionally showery it was really good to see the tourist attractions from the water, and then to see a fair chunk of ‘normal’ London between tower bridge and Greenwich. Greenwich itself was surprisingly pretty but we didn’t really have time to enjoy it as we had to hotfoot it to the train station as we were meeting Zali’s friend Julia back in the city. 

With Julia collected we did a lap of the Tower of London (we didn’t go inside as it was 35 pounds each) then was wandered over to the ruins of the Church of St Dunstain in the East which was a quiet little place in the midst of the big buildings. 

Our next destination was Horizon 22 – a big (and free) viewing platform on floor 58 of the Horizon building.  Even though it was free it required booking in advance so luckily  Zali was all over it and had secured us tickets months ago.

After taking in London from a great height we went to find somewhere to have dinner  at ground level with Julia before we went our separate ways. We took the train back to Paddington (with a quick detour in Hyde Park for Jett) while Julia headed home to the fancy school she works at in the direction of Ascot.

We spent the rest of the evening trying to squish everything back in our bags in readiness for our 5am departure the next morning.  London has been nice (although cold and rainy) but I’m definitely ready to get out of the big city.