WALKING IN SUNSHINE

Today started off slowly just as we were needing it to.    While Brenda went to get her phone looked at, I went across the street to the drugstore to perhaps get some drops for my poor eye.  It is really looking nasty and feeling a bit irritated.  The pharmacist said there really was nothing to help so I went back to meet up with Brenda and we went into town again.  We visited the Marks and Spensers Store and then just ambled around.  Had a pub lunch and a shandy and just set off on no particular route.  We wandered up near Hyde Park and saw the beautiful district of Mayfair.   

We happened upon a lovely little park in the middle of Mayfair.  Very quiet with some lovely gardens and lots of benches.  It was a great place to spend a bit of time.  We walked through the small park and then into an area with lots of embassy buildings.  The one that stuck out the most to me was the one with the Ukrainian Flag.  There were also plaques on some of the old buildings indicating important past residents.  We saw a plaque that was a previous home of the BG’s and a few important past government officials. 

I enjoyed the flowers and fancy doors of these residences.  Many wealthy people must live around here.  Funny how just looking at the outside façade of these grand old apartment buildings are old plaster and bricks, I am sure the insides are spectacular, spacious and beautifully decorated.  Location…location location and being in this area of London, well this clearly is prime location.

So now it was time to go back to our hotel and pack up for the next leg of our journey.  We are off to Durham in the morning.  It will be a bus ride of about 6 hours and a chance to see some of the countryside.  I am really looking forward to seeing something without walking miles.

Had a shandy on the way home at the Blackbird Pub and this neat old building had a pull chain toilet!  Although probably not on the must see list of most people I know...this was a bit of highlight.  I can't imagine all the work that goes into making this tiniest of rooms glisten and gleam and what fun to pull the chain!

The next post will be from our new home away from home called “The Shoes” a bed and breakfast in Durham. 

Talk again soon!