The Remaing Days of the trip

Day 8 Saturday September 30, 2006

The last few days were not as eventful and most of the things we did have been covered already on the blog so I will try and be brief. We took the train from Harlow to Liverpool Street and did the usual quick tour of London. We started at Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace and made our way over to Big Ben, Westminster, and the London Eye. Instead of the usual walk along south bank we took the one way river cruise on the Thames down to Tower Bridge. The boat was great and offered a great view of London from a different perspective. We walked over to St. Paul’s Cathedral and had a quick bite to eat in the Crypt Cafe before walking to a tube stop a mile or so away as St. Paul’s tube stop was closed for renovations. We wondered down to Marble arch and along Oxford Street to do some shopping. We jumped on the tube and a few stops later we were at Piccadilly Circus. We walked through Leicester Square, where we had dinner at a place called Garfunkel’s (Mike you might remember that place).

A typical London Bus

Infront of Westminster

It was getting dark by this time and we wanted to take a few night shots of Tower bridge so we made our way back to Tower hill. Half and hour later we made our way back to Liverpool street just in time to catch the fast train back to Harlow. We made the short drive back to Hatfield Heath passing David Beckham’s house and went straight to the pub for a few drinks.

Not really London related but still a cool shot of the moon.

Day 9 Sunday October 1, 2006

After a bit of a sleep in we decided to make our way over to Stonehenge. As we got to the M25 we found that the top of the highway was closed. There were cars everywhere and the exit put us on to the M25 heading in the wrong direction as it was too late to turn around before this. Instead of going to the next exit we decided to just stay on the road and go around in a circle the other way which was a bit longer but at least it was a highway instead of taking the small roads. We sat in traffic off and on as you always do on the M25 and finally made it to Stonehenge after a few hours. Not much to say really as I seem to be at Stonehenge at least once a month. We were just there so Matt could have a look. Well after that we made the drive back to Severn Beach and it was a great feeling to get home. Instead of going to a pub we put on a movie and drank the largest bottles of Stella I have ever seen.

Day 10 Monday October 2, 2006

We spent most of Monday relaxing and Matt spent it packing and getting things together. I did take him over to Wales though so he could Chepstow Castle and Tintern Abbey. Both have previously been covered on the blog recently. We also did a bit of shopping down at cribs causeway (the mall Megan works at) and then went back to our place to make 5 CDs for Matt of all the photos taken on the trip. About a 1000 photos in total. To finish the night off we had a few more drinks and a few games of fifa 2005 on the xbox.



Day 11 Tuesday October 3, 2006

Well not much more to say about the trip really. Megan had to work so I took her to work while Matt packed up and got ready. Then about mid day we set off to Cardiff airport where I said goodbye to Matt. It was a great trip and I hope Matt enjoyed it just as much. Maybe he will even read this and post a comment about it. We saw a lot of England on the trip and hopefully the next trip will be just as fun. We have a few more ideas of local trips but the main ones around here would be a trip around Wales and a trip around Ireland. Better get back to work though so I can afford to take the time off for them. Cheers.