Blogs from Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 11

I was going to do the walk in the city on 9th June. However, Central line had severe delays on both directions; I decided to do the walk around Piccadilly, St James and Mayfair. I was instructed to use the South Exit 3 to go to Piccadilly. A lot of shops had Jubilee window displays, very patriotic. I was particularly fond of one of the gentlemen’s clothes shops’ display – contained several puppies/dogs’ display with gent’s mannequins, with lines of ‘Happy and Glorious’ – this was very much British lifestyle! I went to Sotheran’s On Sackville Street – it had rare books and prints and posters. I don’t remember how much each of them was priced. I bought a nice card for my husband who will have birthday soon. I crossed over Piccadilly and popped in ... read more

Today we had to get up early so we could go get our pre-flight home covid test. We booked and paid ahead of time and it was not cheap. It was a quick walk to the clinic and the test itself took less than 30 seconds. We then went back to the hotel and had breakfast. This was the best breakfast of all the hotel breakfasts included in our trip. Not only was there the standard Full English buffet, there were pancakes, waffles and you could order off the menu. I ordered Eggs Benedict. Poached eggs were perfect, hollandaise sauce needed serious help. Jerry did standard scrambled and cheese melted on top. After breakfast we were off. This is our third trip to London, so we have done much of the standard sights, London Tower, Buckingham ... read more

We did a part of Royal Parks Walks on 2 May – starting from Camden Town station, we went through Regent Park, Regent Canal via Little Venice and Kensington Gardens. On 3 June, we started from Lancaster Gate and walked through Kensington Gardens and strolled through Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk. There were a lot of colourful, scented roses and flowers blooming on the beds, arches and obelisks and canes - they looked very beautiful and offered therapeutic atmosphere with lovely garden ornaments. Afterwards, we crossed over the busy roads and passed through Duke of Wellington Memorial Arch and entered Green Park. As expected, a part of green Park was closed; we had to take an alternate route to reach Westminster. Mark had brought a little A-Z guide. After leaving Green Park, we walked down ... read more

On 1 June I started the walk from Blackfriars Station where I finished two days ago. From Blackfrairs Bridge, there were remains of the old bridge paralleled with the current railway bridge – and having looked at the monument, I understood that the old railway bridge used for London Chetham and Dover Railway. As soon as reaching the south bankside, I walked down and headed for the riverside walk via Founders Arm Public House and Bankside gallery. I had a nice snack at Founders Arm Public House. Afterwards, I walked on the Queen’s Walk and passed Tate Britain, Globe Theatre, and turned right to Bear Gardens. There were a number of modern buildings on the back of the Glove Theatre and they looked intriguing with brick buildings. After briefly passing Summer Street, I was directed to ... read more

As instructed by London Literary Walking guide, I started the course from Embankment station. I walked through small alleyways, gone past Embankment Gardens, the building where Samuel Pepsy used to live and the building has been used for Royal Society of Arts before reaching main street, Strand. As expected, Union Jack flags were hanged between buildings on Strand. I found a very interesting shop, i.e. Stanley Gibson, the specialist stamp & coin shop and popped in. There were huge variety types of stamps with Royal family members, Commonwealth countries stamps and stamp albums and valuable coins. All the staff were wearing formal dress code, blazers and formal trousers and ties. I used to have someone who was very fond of Royal family and could have bought some for her, but she’s not here anymore. I bought ... read more