cathidaw
22-06-2009, 03:34 AM
I went to London for a few days last weekon a business trip with my daughter
Starting back from Canary Wharf .setting the sat nav for home --dont know what happened but I think sometimes in these gadgets there is a mischievous gremlinwho cant get out so tries to get it's own back on us.
We caught the Friday late afternoon traffic, Passing the Dome twice we did an unexpected great London tour.
Isle of Dogs, Tower of London, London eye, Parliarment, got stuck by Pudding Lane for a while, through Piccadilly--past Eros (twice), Trafalgar Square once ,Admiralty Arch (wonder what all those flags were for?)Various bridges,past the Gherkin which I forgot the name of and said "look there's the aubergine" up Regent street -or was it down. Along the Thames for ages.
My daughter was driving and wasn't fazed. She said lets enjoy it and go with the flow-there wasn't much choice. It took us about an hour to get out of central London itself. By then we looked for a loo and somewhere to snack, but all we could find was a dodgy looking Macdonald's-all nasty vandalproof tables and a grim grey floor A couple of extremely earringed teenagers sat at one end on one of the tables with an old woman in a big hairy winter coat and dirty fluffy slippers. I'd have loved to take a photo but dare not.
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It was ok tho' and as with all Mc.D's the food was consistent and good.,and they do a great cup of tea.
It took us nearly 4 hours to get back.
Starting back from Canary Wharf .setting the sat nav for home --dont know what happened but I think sometimes in these gadgets there is a mischievous gremlinwho cant get out so tries to get it's own back on us.
We caught the Friday late afternoon traffic, Passing the Dome twice we did an unexpected great London tour.
Isle of Dogs, Tower of London, London eye, Parliarment, got stuck by Pudding Lane for a while, through Piccadilly--past Eros (twice), Trafalgar Square once ,Admiralty Arch (wonder what all those flags were for?)Various bridges,past the Gherkin which I forgot the name of and said "look there's the aubergine" up Regent street -or was it down. Along the Thames for ages.
My daughter was driving and wasn't fazed. She said lets enjoy it and go with the flow-there wasn't much choice. It took us about an hour to get out of central London itself. By then we looked for a loo and somewhere to snack, but all we could find was a dodgy looking Macdonald's-all nasty vandalproof tables and a grim grey floor A couple of extremely earringed teenagers sat at one end on one of the tables with an old woman in a big hairy winter coat and dirty fluffy slippers. I'd have loved to take a photo but dare not.
.
It was ok tho' and as with all Mc.D's the food was consistent and good.,and they do a great cup of tea.
It took us nearly 4 hours to get back.