London - 26th - 29th March

Day 2

Up and at 'em - surface around 08:00 and shower and breakfast and then take the short walk to Crystal Palace station and the 25 minute journey to London Bridge.

It's quite a walk from London Bridge to the Tower of London - it doesn't look quite as far on the map.

A great time at the Tower, this is my second time here but the last mus have been 35 years ago and all I remember was the armour and weapons in the White Tower. This time we see the Crown Jewels.

Had a very pleasant lunch in the Armouries restaurant - hot ham sandwich for me and Tina has a very large Greek salad.

Walk up to the tube and head off to Knightsbridge for an ice cream sundae at Harrod's - had a tropical fruit one and got a free monkey! (Furry monkey swizzle stick).

On our way back we alight at Green Park tube and head for Old Bond Street and the Mont Blanc shop and purchase another charm for Tina's bracelet - excellent service no airs and graces.

Decide to go for a drink and find a fiver in the street and despite Tina wanting me to hand this in - to whom! I keep it but agree to give it to charity.

After our drink we stop off at M&S and get some snacks for later when we get back.

On the train back we decide (Tina's decision) to get off at the station before Crystal Palace as we think this might in fact be nearer to the campsite - it is but not if you cannot find a direct route to walk.

Outside the station is a young lady with a gorgeous black lab puppy, which Tina pets as we ask for directions to the BBC mast, which we can see is quite close, but directions are duff and as we head off we can see that we are walking further away and up a very long steep hill. We end up walking about twice the distance as when we get to the top of the hill we then walk back the way we had come down a different road, basically a big u-shape.