Travel day day 1 Mon 23 Apr 2018

Travel day has arrived. Off to the airport by train, for a 3pm flight.
London day 2 Tue 24 April 2018

Arrived Heathrow 6am and sorted mobile
SIM cards (not cheap if you need data), located the pickup spot for a shuttle to Avis car hire when we leave London and Oyster cards for London travel. Left bagsもっと詳しく
London day 3 Wed 25 April 2018

Breakfast a bit hit & miss. Corn flakes & Coco Pops... Off to Hampton Court Palace built by Cardinal Wolsey & gifted to Henry Vlll just before his execution. Five of Henry VIII six wives lived here.もっと詳しく
London day 4 Thu 26 April 2018

After a loud night by the tradies staying at the Acton Town Hotel we scored boiled eggs at breakfast. Underground to Warwick Avenue station then short walk to Jason’s narrow boat trip starting atもっと詳しく
London day 5 Fri 27 April 2018

Train to Paddington and took a National line train to Slough station then a two carriage diesel motor rail to Windsor Eton. Coffee and cake by the Thames then across to Eton and wandered down to Etonもっと詳しく
London day 6 Sat 28 April 2018

Washed clothes in a local laundrette and attended a London Hash run at Arnos Grove from noon onwards. Cold and damp day with two drink and cheese stops. I carelessly did not put wet umbrellas in packもっと詳しく
London day 7 Sun 29 April 2018

Rugged up for a cold day (max 9 degrees) and took Underground to Westminster station, then City Cruises ferry with excellent commentary to Greenwich. Visited the Cutty Sark the fastest tea and laterもっと詳しく
London day 8 Mon 30 April 2018

Wet and cold day. Wore thermals under clothes, down jacket and gortex rain jacket. Tower of London after breakfast. Queued to get to in, Interesting mint and historical coin making display in theもっと詳しく
London day 9 Tue 1 May 2018

District line to Westminster, then Horse Guards museum. Not much of interest here. Decided not to watch the ceremonial changing of the Mounted Horse Guard here at 11am, so we walked to Buckinghamもっと詳しく
London day 10 Wed 2 May 2018

Travelled to the Albert Hall to be told that there would not be any tours today. Walked in the rain through Hyde Park to Kensington Palace and saw the story of Queen Victoria’s life in the rooms sheもっと詳しく
London day 11 Thu 3 May 2018

Underground to Westminster where we joined a Big Bus tour. After a short distance alighted at the Houses of Parliament then walked around the corner to Westminster Abbey which has thousands of peopleもっと詳しく
London day 12 Fri 4 May 2018

Underground to South Kensington then walked to the Albert Hall and enjoyed a tour of the property. The building was not damaged in WWII and people such as the Queen have a 999 year lease on seats.もっと詳しく
London day 13 Sat 5 May 2018

Late breakfast and got away just after 10am. Underground to Piccadilly Circus then visited the National Art Gallery for a few hours. Then looked for a pub for lunch and ended back at the Ship andもっと詳しく
London day 14 Sun 6 May 2018

Got up just after 8am, breakfast then washed clothes. Underground to Stratford, then Docklands Light Rail to Stratford International (very expensive). Looked at Queen Elizabeth Park which was the siteもっと詳しく
Canterbury & Sandwich day 15 Mon 7 May

Train to Heathrow but could not return the Oyster Cards despite being told by the same people when we arrived that the credit card would be refunded. Shuttle to Avis where we were charged extra toもっと詳しく
Dover to Deal day 16 Tue 8 May 2018

Purchased the full breakfast (unlimited bacon, sausage, egg etc) so no need for lunch. Parked in the National Trust White Cliffs Visitor Centre outside the gate that was locked at 7pm. Good view ofもっと詳しく
Dover to Portsmouth day17 Wed 9 May 2018

Drove from Premier Inn Guston Wood to Dungemess Kent which is a privately owned headland where there is a nuclear power station and a small tourist steam train, as well as an old lighthouse. We thenもっと詳しく
Isle of Wight day 18 Thu 10 May 2018

No breakfast this morning at the Ibis Budget Pompey Centre Portsmouth. Just drove to Wightlink Ferry. Arrived in time to catch the 8.30am ferry instead of the 9am ferry we has booked. Drove to Bradingもっと詳しく
Isle of Wight day 19 Fri 11 May 2018

Noisy smokers courtyard till about 11.30pm last night. Could not login to hotel wifi either. Moved car from pay car park around 8.30am to Union Street Ryde near front of Kasbah and joined Yvonne forもっと詳しく
Salisbury day 20 Sat 12 May 2018

Light not working in Kasbah’s hall in Ryde so used phone torch on the stairs. Arrived at Wightlink Fishbourne and told to come back after 10am for our 11am booked ferry spot. We drove onto the ferryもっと詳しく
Dorset Coast day 21 Sun 13 May 2018

Full breakfast at 8am, Drove to West Bay in Dorset. All day parking for two pounds. Walked west to Eype over the cliff tops and continued on to Golden Cap past the Thorncombe Beacon and throughもっと詳しく
Dorset Coast day 22 Mon 14 May 2018

7.15am breakfast then drove to Lyme Regis. Parked in a long stay car park for two pounds all day. (Just like West Beach yesterday.) Walked along the seafront to reach Monmouth Beach. Looked for fossilもっと詳しく
Devon day 23 Tue 15 May 2018

Washed clothes in a Axminster launderette then drove to Beer Quarry Caves. Informative underground tour for 1 hour describing how the quarry men extracted the Beer Stone which is a very fine grade ofもっと詳しく
Cornwall day 24 Wed 16 May 2018

Left Neitherleigh in Cooks Lane Axminster about 9.30am and set the GPS to Trethevy to see the Trethevy Quoit roofed standing stone site. After driving way back into Dorset we followed motorways andもっと詳しく
Cornwall day 25 Thu 17 May 2018

The light rain of yesterday has stopped and we had breakfast at 8am after Margaret had taken the eggs to the Co op market. Left about 10am and drove to the Carn Euny Iron Age village containing aもっと詳しく