After most of the week comprising of arduous pre-trip preparation, and a particularly stressful few hours when we couldn’t work out why the water from the tank was pouring out as fast we were filling it, we decided to leave the campervan behind and take the train to London for the day. There were a couple of jobs to be done, a phone to buy and some other essentials, but most of the day was free to enjoy the colour and vibrancy of the city we both love to return to time and time again. A tourist attraction neither of us had visited before was an impromptu first stop after getting off the train at Victoria. The Royal Mews was well worth the visit. After emerging from the stables we wandered past Buckingham Palace with it’s heightened security presence, up through Hyde Park, down Oxford Street, Carnaby Street, down through Covent Garden, a stop in the sunshine in Trafalgar Square, then to Whitehall with the Horse Guards and Downing Street, past Big Ben and along the Thames crossing the Millennium Bridge to the Tate Modern and stopping for a beer at the Anchor Bankside. Then to the Borough Markets where we bought the most delicious ham, ewes cheese and ciabatta to have for dinner sitting beside the Thames, washed down with a Spanish Tempranillo drank out of paper cups. Then home on the train and a walk through the woods at dusk. The Fitbit read just on 20 kms by foot!
