Welcome to London

Well here we are at stage 2 of our trip.  We have left Scotland and while we enjoyed our time there Dave in particular was happy to leave this place of cold temperatures, constant wind and too much rain which Barb calls mist.  Did you see that picture of me at Edinburgh Castle?  MIST? I would certainly come back to Scotland, we have many more things to see and do up there.

So our word of Scotland for those who are playing along is AYE. A wonderful and often used word up there meaning yes.  See Bruce you will learn even more words from us,

We were up early yesterday for our drive back to the Glasgow airport then on the plane to London. We hopped on to the tube at Heathrow to travel to Charing Cross station.  We did discover that the underground is not totally handicap friendly, no Lifts (Elevators). Imagine Barb and I lugging our 20 Kg bags up more than one flight of stairs.  Actually on two occasions, a gentleman grabbed Barb's bag and carried it up for her,  Not for me!!!

At Charing Cross we ran into this fellow.

 

Oh Look!  Sunshine and warm weather

 

 

 

 

For those who were at Barb's 60th birthday party you may remember Brian. He lives here in Bexleyheath, part of London and where we are staying for the next 6 days. Transit here is the best I've ever seen so far and with Brian's advice we have an Oyster card which allows us to travel on the underground, trains and buses throughout London. We enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea outside of a nice park here. Scones, Jam and Clotted Cream, Barb says what could be better.  I was staying away from the Clotted Cream.  At this rate we should be 300 pounds before we come home,

 

 

 

Brian took us to a restaurant last night called Toby Carvery, kind of an all you can eat buffet, but the food was incredible, fresh turkey, pork, roast beef and lamb all carved off the bone and on to your plate.  Yorkshire pudding the size of a bowling ball (5 Pin), roast potatoes and many different vegetables and it was incredible. This was a favourite place for Brian's parents, Aunt Ruby and Uncle Frank, to come and enjoy.

 

Barb had the best "crackling" ever here last night. We will leave it to you to research what this is!

 

 

 

Today to travel to Central London to have a look around. Just walking around today to burn off some of this fabulous food. We booked a tour of Buckingham Palace for next week and are excited about this.