Tuesday 26 December
It’s Boxing Day and I didn’t see the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race! I assume they went ahead without me.
I did, however, have a great ride up front in the top deck of a red double decker bus. This one took us through Clapham and Brixton, over the river into the posh part of London. What a change as we drove round Sloane Square into Knightsbridge and then to Hyde Park Corner.
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| Battersea Power Station |
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| Sloane Square |
We hopped off at Hyde Park Corner and went looking for the all important cup of coffee, which we found in an extremely elegant hotel across the road. And it was a great cup of coffee.
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| Same Royal Worcester pattern as my pavlova plate! |
Fortified by caffeine we ventured into Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland, which turned out to be the most enormous funfair with just about every scary ride they’ve invented. There was another ice rink, this time with penguins for the children to balance on.
There were Christmas stalls and games where you throw something and try to win a giant stuffed toy. I only saw one person carrying one. Those games are not as easy as they look!
There was also a “Bavarian Village” with big beer halls, bratwurst and gluhwein. Guess what we had for lunch.
We left the “Winter Wonderland “ and strolled around the Serpentine, past the Princess Diana memorial fountain, which had no water in it, then caught the 137 bus back to Streatham Hill.
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| Knightsbridge |
Judy made her famous chicken with 40 cloves of garlic for dinner. Delicious! And there was another slice of the pud.
Wow Rutts. So loving your London Christmas. Wish I had more time to communicate. Just connected to the beach house wi-fi. Have a house full. We are about to take the energetic threesome to the beach.. 30 degrees plus. Love the coffee near Sloane Squ, the French NYE dinner. Atmosphere plus. K
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your Boxind Day activities Sound alot of fun.We are at the crixket luckily under cover
DeleteAnd lovely blue sky. How good is that, but still cold??? Judys garlic with chicken sounds lovely and all the fun of tge fair.
ReplyDeleteI love sitting up the top of the double decker buses, even the skybus one here in Melb.
I head off tomorrow for my new year in Kiama, Wallan on the way. Camper packed and ready to go. Went to Aunty Mavis family gathering today. Lovely to catch up with her grandki ds all grown up with chn of their own. So what excitment can we expect for new year Rutts???
Not our normal Boxing Day, but lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteI did think of you at the start of the race- so you were "there" in spirit.
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