I had arranged to meet a friend in London several months ago and booked a cheap advanced train ticket. Unfortunately, the meeting was cancelled at short notice but I decided to go anyway to take in some tourism that I had not seen for quite some time.
Portrait of East coast power (20 and 35 years of service respectively) or rather....... the end of the line.
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| In between the pillars of St Pauls |
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| Under a Southwark railway Bridge |
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| Even Boadicea has to pull up at the traffic light |
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| Marriot entrance |
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| A birds eye view |
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| A ride on the ghost train..... |
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| ....to the chamber of horrors !! |
Time to move on to another famous location, I wonder if he has a sneaky drink of that water when no one's watching, speaking of which, there's not many toilets around here......
.......I wonder if they would mind if I jumped over the Royal fence...........
....and use the Queens bathroom !!!
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| St James' Park |
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| .......where even the squirrels bow....... |
......Within view of the great building ....
... heading towards Downing street, a resident prepares a speech.
Household cavalry. In case of emergency, please ring doorbell.......iron and vacuum cleaner just behind the door...........
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| Rear Guard !! |
......speaking of which, this picture was taken from the viewing stable where there was something to vacuum clean up !!!
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| A goodbye kiss from London ..........for a while |
All to soon, it was time to return for the train but I was recommended by a work colleague to visit the newly refurbished Eurostar terminal in St Pancras station where there was a statue in memory of the poet associated with the railways in the UK and the couple depicted above ..... a much larger scale than i had previously imagined. It was time to buy a few snacks from the shopping mall downstairs before returning next door into Kings Cross to find my platform for the journey home !!
