Saturday 30 November 2013

Greenwich Pub Walk 2

We then walked down to the River Thames and along the Thames Path to the Trafalgar Tavern
 
Inland a bit and across the Prime Meridian
 
To the Plume of Feathers for our third pint and a very good lunch indeed
 
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Thursday 28 November 2013

Grenwich Pub "Walk"

If this is Greenwich - this must be the Cutty Sark
 
Would you believe we walked past this pub...
 
And this one...
 
And this one...
 
To get to the Coach and Horses in Greenwich Market and have our first beer!
 
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Tuesday 26 November 2013

Stafford Museum

The museum is right in the main street and certainly worth visiting
 
The displays are all very well presented
 
 
This is a recreation of a hardware shop in Stafford
 
Note the reference to the "Two Ronnies" four candles sketch
 
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Sunday 24 November 2013

St.Mary's Church - Stafford

Here's St.Mary's in the middle of Stafford
 
 
There's a surprise - a stained glass window photo!
 
I particularly liked the kneeler dedicated to Poppy Smith (bottom left)
 
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Friday 22 November 2013

Stafford

We took advantage of another ticket offer from London Midland trains and went to Stafford from Hemel Hempstead.
These are some almshouses on the way from the station to the town centre.
 
The chapel (above) is the red door.
 
A collection of shops in "Church Mews".
 
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Monday 18 November 2013

Back To The Summer

As we've got snow forecast for this week, I thought you might like to see these photos of butterflies on a Buddleia Davidii bush in our garden.
Well, it's not called "Butterfly Bush" for nothing!
Not bad photos from my tiny Lumix point and shoot camera?
 
 
 
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Saturday 16 November 2013

View From The Shard 2

One of the most interesting views were those of the railways.
London Bridge Station
 
Cannon Street & Blackfriars Stations
 
Charing Cross Station in the distance
 
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Thursday 14 November 2013

View from The Shard

We were very lucky to have a day with good visibility
 
 
 
 
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Tuesday 12 November 2013

Trip Up The Shard

A few weeks ago, we went to London to take a trip to the top of The Shard.
This is the view from London Bridge Station
 
From The George Inn in Southwark
 
From the road behind London Bridge Station
 
All around the viewing platform are signs telling you what you can see, and in which direction
 
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Sunday 10 November 2013

Pegasus Bridge Museum

The elegant building which houses the museum
 
A reconstruction of one of the gliders which carried the troops who captured the bridge
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Friday 8 November 2013

Pegasus Bridge

As we got towards Caen to catch the ferry, we were glad we had left enough time to visit Pegasus Bridge and the cafe which was the first place to be liberated at the end of the war
 
 
 
 
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