My Trip to Sunny England!

[natalie8]

We took The Thames Clipper from North Greenwich Station to The London Eye. At The London Eye, we bought tickets but we were only able to go on it at 4:00. So we went over to Borough Market on the reccomendation of my step-aunt, then came back to go on The London Eye.

At North Greenwich pier. A metal tree



View of the O2



Near the O2





On The Thames Clipper















The HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast (C35) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia













Walking towards Borough Market





I love the entrance



and the map :-D



some nice grub





I noticed this beautiful cathedral, then saw on the sign how old it is.









On the London Eye

































This is in the sidewalk on our way home



It was my FIL's birthday the day before and this is at our local Thai restaurant. They played a version of Happy Birthday really loudly on the in house stereo adn all the customers applauded and cheered for him.





It was a nice chocolate cheesecake



We got the owner to pose for us outside anad these three guys came up anad posed with us.

[Bangyai]

Looking at your pictures Natalie reminds me of when I took Ms Bangyai to the U.K. for a holiday. Looks like we went to all the same places with the exception of the London Eye. Looked like being a slow revolution so we went to the pub instead

[sunsetter]

great stuff nat8, keep em coming

[dirtydog]

The HMS Belfast

I got thrown off that, well evicted HMS London was moored up to it and there was a party on the Belfast, it was great until we decided we really should join the officers party, no idea how they guessed we weren't officers

[LooseBowels]

I dare say we'll be seeing a lot more pics of pommieland when the new dole and pensions legislation kicks in.

[nigelandjan]

I dare say we'll be seeing a lot more pics of pommieland when the new dole and pensions legislation kicks in.

Whats all that about then ??


Love the pics of Borough Market Natt ,,, reminds me of when I first started driving lorrries , that was my first drop off ,, it was at stupid o,clock in the morning when most sensible people had better things to do , like keep warm + sleep ,,,,,,it was all locked up so we had our own keys to open up and deliver the veg , actually slept close to that one night ,, that was before lorries were viewed by the Mayor of London as Alien poisinous creatures to be kept away at all costs ,, I think old Doris Johnson is working on a system of levitating goods into the capital from Watford now

[BarnacleBill]

Hi Natalie! Thanks for the "run-around" London. You've been treading on my domain! Born there too many years ago - but seldom returned. Am visiting UK in July, might just pay it a visit - your "gallery" has resurrected some memories!

[natalie8]

with the exception of the London Eye. Looked like being a slow revolution so we went to the pub instead

I'm sure you had a great time. Which pub did you go to? I'm thinking now, I should have hibernated in a pub when I went there in December. It was bloody freezing!!!!!!!!!!!!

great stuff nat8, keep em coming

Thanks ss. I have lots more to come.

I got thrown off that, well evicted HMS London was moored up to it and there was a party on the Belfast, it was great until we decided we really should join the officers party, no idea how they guessed we weren't officers

555555555!

I dare say we'll be seeing a lot more pics of pommieland when the new dole and pensions legislation kicks in.

I don't quite understand. Do you mean news pictures?

Love the pics of Borough Market Natt ,,, reminds me of when I first started driving lorrries , that was my first drop off ,, it was at stupid o,clock in the morning when most sensible people had better things to do , like keep warm + sleep ,,,,,,it was all locked up so we had our own keys to open up and deliver the veg , actually slept close to that one night ,, that was before lorries were viewed by the Mayor of London as Alien poisinous creatures to be kept away at all costs ,, I think old Doris Johnson is working on a system of levitating goods into the capital from Watford now

Sounds 'cool', ha ha ha. The politically correct rules and laws remind me of Canada. :-(

Hi Natalie! Thanks for the "run-around" London. You've been treading on my domain! Born there too many years ago - but seldom returned. Am visiting UK in July, might just pay it a visit - your "gallery" has resurrected some memories!

Thanks, BB. I'm hoping ot have one more chance to go back in either July or August before my husband's contract finishes.

[natalie8]

Oxford and the area are gorgeous. I think we picked the best time to go to England. We kept seeing fields / farms of these nice yellow flowers and we took tons of pics of them. I asked my husband what they are and he couldn't remember but he did remember that the seeds are used for oil. So finally I looked them up on the net and they're rapeseed flowers. I don't think they're raised in Canada unless it started after 2004.

On the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again



a rapeseed farm



We just kind of drove there blindly just seeing what we'd come across. We ended up on the university grounds at The Pitt Rivers Museum.













Inside the museum



















Boris?















In the town































Nearing London we saw a lot of thick smoke from a huge fire. We never did find out what was burning.

[Loy Toy]

Nice pics Nat.................Did you get a pic of yourself up?

[natalie8]

There are a few of me in there, at the beginning. Or maybe you don't know what I look like, ha ha ha.

I'll copy one here.

[Mathos]

Doing a great job Natalie, the Museum photographs are outstanding.

[natalie8]

Thanks, Mathos, but I can only take credit for a few of them. Most of the ones of the inside were taken by hubby's uncle.

Loy Toy, I'm having problems posting a pic now, but if you check on Page 1, you'll see some pics of me.

[PlanK]

1860 - 2010 That's one hell of a long debate.

Hope they stopped for a cup of tea every decade or so.

[nigelandjan]

Nearing London we saw a lot of thick smoke from a huge fire. We never did find out what was burning.

That was the last batch of Mandleson,s autobiography,s he did,nt manage to shift at Sunday,s boot sale on Hackney Wick.

Loving the pics in Oxford Natt , one of the few places in the UK I have,nt been in the town / city so to speak as they have had a blanket 3 ton limit since the wheel was invented .

I would bet folding money that last pic with B + Q on the left and BP on the right was taken on the North Circular at Walthamstow ,,,, infact I am delivering there today at the muslim cemetry down Folly lane behind that BP garage

[dirtydog]

infact I am delivering there today at the muslim cemetry down Folly lane

You deliver dead muslims by the lorry load?

[good2bhappy]

What kind of tree is this? I was thinking chestnut, but I'm not sure.

A Plane tree
(platanus)
nice pics

[sunsetter]

Nearing London we saw a lot of thick smoke from a huge fire. We never did find out what was burning.

that was a scrapyard on fire under the m1, melted the road above and caused chaos for a few days

[patsycat]

What a lovely thread!! Natalie, your in laws look like they are really enjoying their holidays.

Cute husband, by the way!!!

I hope you have some classic pics of Mathos enjoying his lunch!!

[natalie8]

Hope they stopped for a cup of tea every decade or so.

They probably stopped every 10 minutes, that's why they took so long.

I would bet folding money that last pic with B + Q on the left and BP on the right was taken on the North Circular at Walthamstow ,,,, infact I am delivering there today at the muslim cemetry down Folly lane behind that BP garage

You're probably right. I dpn't know the name of that area. We had good old GPS and me as navigator.

You deliver dead muslims by the lorry load?

Cheaper by the dozen.

A Plane tree

Thanks, G2.

that was a scrapyard on fire under the m1, melted the road above and caused chaos for a few days

But that fire happened a week before that.

What a lovely thread!! Natalie, your in laws look like they are really enjoying their holidays. Cute husband, by the way!!! I hope you have some classic pics of Mathos enjoying his lunch!!

Thanks, patsy. Hubby is about 20 kg heavier than when we first met in 2005. I do have pics of us with Mathos and Flobo coming up. My next segments will be of Manchester, The Lake District, then Mathos' neghbourhood.

It takes a while for Photobucket to upload them and I'm juggling a few things at once in these couple of weeks, but I will do them. :-)

[daveboy]

Nearing London we saw a lot of thick smoke from a huge fire. We never did find out what was burning.

It was a scrap yard under the M1 motorway.

[nigelandjan]

that was a scrapyard on fire under the m1, melted the road above and caused chaos for a few days

Not if that pic is taken on the North Circular facing away from Walthamstow as I suspect ,, that smoke would be coming from the Redbridge / Ilford area ,,,,,, curry in a hurry shop overdone the firelighters

[nigelandjan]

You deliver dead muslims by the lorry load?

555+ I put em on the tee pegs , you knock em up the fairway .

Actually I take the materials to cement them in with ,, its a most peculiar looking affair , everything laid out in very regular rectangles , a bit smaller than your average grave , then stone borders cemented around the plot , then 4 inch thick 20mm ballast paths cemented in all round them . Looks like once your in there , your stayin put .

There was a load of old boys walking around wearing jesus boots and chanting something , when I was eating me somtum

[nigelandjan]

Looking at that larger pic your put up Dave I can see exactly where it is now ,, that is a little further back than I originally thought ,, that is the North Circular at Edmonton , the new Ikea store at Edmonton and to the left of that pic ( not in view ) is the massive London Waste incinerator ,,,, so the answer to THAT particular smoke Natt is its NOT the scrapyard under the M1 ,,,,,,allthough as others have mentioned it did go up around that time

[LooseBowels]

You have to give it to pommie land, streets ahead of everywhere else.

Did you manage to sign on the dole out there, or claim for anything.