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A Henry the Eight Day - Aug 30, 2019

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It's not every day that you get to go see a castle of a King made famous by the song by Herman's Hermits. Confused Bob. London is a city under construction. The tide is out on the Thames. Your gases to what it means is as good as mine. Just a block from the entrance to Hampton Court, Castle are the homes of two famous persons. The top two are of Michael Faraday's residence, he of electrical fame. While the bottom is of the great architect, Christopher Wren. Required selfie. Note to Bob, check aperture settings before taking photos. Bungling Bob. Count yourself lucky, my count I took 24 photos of chimneys today but will only subject you to these three. It was fascinating noting how many different designs there were to the chimneys. It's not everyone's cup of tea but it's mine and it's my blog. Bad Bob. Docent in character inside the castle. They are who they portray and they are not all

A London Walkabout - Aug 29, 2019

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The view from our hotel room. This is what is known as St. Katherine's Dock, and while it's greatly changed today, at one time it is where clipper ships docked with their cargoes to be offloaded into warehouses. I titled this a London walkabout, and we did really do a lot of walking, but to get there we first had to take the tube. Our guide, Tony, is from the east end of London, a real cockney, so that was where we were heading for our walkabout and it is obviously an area that the trains are not full heading towards. Back in the day this was the rough-and-tumble area of London and this police call post is a remnant of those days. So why am I posting a photo of a police station? Well it was on the same site that the first put the station ever in the world was built. I had the slip those chimney pot photos in somewhere, so this look like the place. The contrail in the first photo is an added bonus. Boastful Bob. Tony giving us run down of so