Day 42 The long Cold....

We looked out the window on getting up this AM and it was drizzling and looked very windy with the trees moving a fair bit... inside a hotel room you are in a cocoon to an extent...

Today is a bit sad our very smart big car has to be returned, tomorrow our little nit so smart lease car arrives... So after Room breaky that’s our own breaky, we set off in the cold, windy, rainy weather.... it was to stay like this all day and get colder...
At one point I really thought it might snow it was just so cold....

So carefully we drive back didn’t want anything to happen while we were on our way to return it... arrived at the Hertz drop off point in one piece a sigh of relief and after a very good inspection by the attendant, we could go... nothing wrong with it. Thank goodness... that’s the down side of hire cars, making sure you keep them in one piece or they slug you with extra costs....

So what do we do in this awful weather....First up a cuppa, to see what we can do...
once we sat John realised we needed a map book of Europe for planning ahead..
I looked online and WH Smith... shops had them, so off we set to get one... well that was easier said than done... most of the WH Smith shops in the city were small ones and it would appear only the big stores have them... and yep only one big store in the city and once we found it nope sorry dint stock them here... but you could try here, or here... which when we looked were a long way, away....By now we thought a warm dry place for lunch would suit, but their menus were always the same and being the city on the expensive side...

So somehow we just ended up walking towards Westminster Abbey again, then across the bridge to the South Bank area along the Thames,.,, shame the day is so dreary... it could look so good with the sun on it all...
so wet cold and miserable we still decided to look around and not let the weather beat us... Along the boardwalk heading towards Tower Bridge.....seeing both old and new sights, buildings and interesting objects... We both ended up buying from different food venders along the river walk..
mine was Asian, Johns a hot dog..part Ayla along I remembered being taken by Quinton Parkers Cousin Ian a Parker to the Borough Markets so off we set to find them... they didn’t disappoint at all but they were all food to eat this time..l last Time it was mainly veggies and fruit... People everywhere and amazing smells of the different foods being cooked and on display....meats, cheeses, cakes, oysters, seafood, salmon, venison, paella, stews burgers, fresh breads, cheesecakes and coffees etc, etc....
We didn’t buy anything to eat as we had eaten, but couldn’t resist a salami stick which tasted amazing, but sadly upset me no end... once we had finished here we headed for London Bridge which is one of the more plain bridges seeing a Tower Bridge up the river further... But it felt like it was getting colder and colder my hands and feet were numb so it was time to find a train back to a Terminal 3 at Heathrow airport where we could catch a private taxi we had been given the number of by the hotel.... just as cheap as the bus and quicker.... I am not sure we will ever get back to central London, and to be honest there were plenty we could have done, but cost and effort put it to one side. The weather made our final decision today... I think to be honest, I need a girl with me who wants to see these things, Johns happy to just look not go to costly places... I was to, but would be good to have another girl who is wanting to see some of the other sights... Museums, Churches etc... even a play.

So back to the hotel to warm up, have dinner in the hotel tonight as the kettle is too small to put a can of soup in to it...
Our stay in and around the UK is nearly over only 2 more nights and we hit Europe.... we have enjoyed the amazing sights and sites, the history and the scenery... but the weather could have been a little kinder, but it is the UK...Read more