esther and i had a daughter/dad day in london yesterday. after the Globe we went for lunch in a restaurant then we went to HMS Belfast.
there was lots of climbing up and down ladders and i got all confused on the kids quiz. it’s a bit of a weird thing to be a tourist attraction, especially for little kids, but it’s what esther wanted to do.
in the end she decided it was a grown-ups version of ‘soft play’.
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there’s another giant carpet map of london in the basement of city hall at the moment for the 2012 olympic bid. it’s very much like the other one):
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This time i bring you heathrow airport:
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after spending 4 hours walking at speed round Windsor Park and castle on saturday we went as a family to the Tower of London on Sunday.
it’s most excellent (though very pushchair unfriendly). i’ve dozens of photos of both trips to share with you over the coming weeks.
but for now, here’s a list of people executed by a sign. if your name was on this sign you’d probably avoid going near it.
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one of the few things you don’t need in london is a map of scotland.
if you are using a map of scotland to get round london you stand quite a high chance of getting lost. that’s assuming you are not lost already.
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it was esther’s last day of the half term holidays yesterday so jane and her came to london to do some touristy things (and some girly shopping in paperchase).
here they are in the British Museum doing an adventure pack thing which involved making a fancy hat with velcro. jane wore the hat whilst esther stuck all the stuff on.
another part involved making a small pot:
it’s name the london landmark time (clue in the title)
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wouldn’t it be great if we could see london in 3D ? well, now you can.
simply go down Fleet Street, climb up a ladder and look through these fancy dangling glasses. You’ll then be able to see all the fancy buildings in glorious visual stereo.
the building just behind on the top photo is the Royal Courts of Justice, so you may even get to see a celebrity leaving a libel trial in glorious 3 dimensions too !
what a brilliant idea.
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i spent nearly all of yesterday in the house of commons. it was quite amazing and there were so many photo opportunities. fantastic architecture, mad signage, crazy traditions, bizarre conversations and lots of famous politicians (lord hutton held the door open for me at one point !)
security is really tight in there now and there are quite a few signs saying ‘no photography’.
so in the end i only sneaked this one, which is on the way up to the public gallery of the house of commons.
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it was wet and windy as i speed walked backed to the station last night. i spotted these people trying to take a photo whilst their umbrella was being blown inside out so i lunged for my own photo as i whizzed past.
tourists are such good value.
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i was lucky enough to go to a meeting on the 11th floor of a building on the south side of the thames yesterday. i took a couple of photos.
here’s one:
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and pigs might fly
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