A London Visit

After we left Reeth we headed to London for a couple of days. We were very fortunate because if we had stayed in Yorkshire any longer we would have been snowed in. Our trip to London included a visit to the Palace of Westminster organised by our Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell for which we are extremely grateful as this was absolutely superb. The photograph above is of course Big Ben. Our tour of the Palace of Westmister was lead by an ex Scots Guardsman from Ayr called Eddie and he was very knowledgeable and also extremely funny. The Palace is just stunning and the House of Lords and House of Commons Chambers are much smaller than I had anticipated but very beautiful. The rest of the rooms in the Palace are just as beautiful and full of history which suited our American guests as they of course have very little history on the other side of the Atlantic.

We took a short Thames River Trip from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge and this photograph shows the Tower of London from the River Thames.

While the rest of the country was experiencing snow, wind, and rain London managed to have a lovely day and sunny skies, although a wee bit on the cold side. Tower Bridge in the background after our boat trip.

Westminster Abbey which we looked round on Thursday morning before we headed to Euston and the return train journey home. The tour round the Abbey was not nearly as good as Westminster palace as the building was mobbed with visitors in London for the Easter holiday. It was however very interesting and Carlo advised us it was a very posh graveyard.