“He who is tired of London is tired of life. ” We’re not tired of London, and are already plotting a return trip. But it’s time to move on to the Cotswolds for five nights and we won’t miss our cramped little hotel room near Paddington. On Sunday, I made good on my threat to attend services at St Johns-Hyde Park. Met the Rev. Margaret Legg, who presided while the Vicar preached. Very diverse, forward looking people- they’re looking forward to the Blessing of the Horses Sep 21, where the vicar will don cope and split cassock and bless the…
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Here are some of the things I’ve accomplished thus far or need to get done for our impending Big Trip to Great Britain: Air reservations American (fooey, coach. No agent deals available) Hotel reservations London Stow-on-the-Wold York Dublin Rail and transit Purchased Heathrow Express tickets online rather than burn a rail day Ordered Essential London Kit Britrail Flexi-pass Advised Stow hotel our arrival time Need advise London, York, Dublin friends of arrival times Need book York-Dublin in Britain L28 per person at station Home Front Book petsitter for Riley Stage packing items Need tidy Need make packing list Pack Gear…
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Tour de France Prologue 2007 » The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker Check out the terrific photos Dave Walker took of the London prologue of the Tour de France.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 2005: Bomb attacks on London 2005: Bomb attacks on London A series of bomb attacks on London’s transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others. Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead and two died in a blast on a double decker bus. It was two years ago today that London suffered the devastating suicide bomber attacks on the Underground and on a bus. I was horrified, and set up a quick photo of a funny little mug that I bought on a trip to London many…
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BBC NEWS | UK | Two car bombs found in West End Police have confirmed they are now investigating the discovery of two car bombs in the West End of London.Police said the second device had been found in a Mercedes hours after the car was given a parking ticket in Cockspur Street and towed to Park Lane. Another Mercedes, with a bomb made up of 60 litres of petrol, gas cylinders and nails, had been found outside a nightclub in Haymarket at 0130 BST. Both bombs were similar, potentially viable and clearly linked, police said. This gave me the…
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Caveat Lector » Trafalgar and Westminster Despite my mother’s enthusiastic recommendation, I found Westminster Abbey a difficult place to visit, and should I return to London, I don’t believe I will return there. The church itself is well-built and handsome, but its graceful old bones are impossible to see for all the plaques and busts and sculptures and coats-of-arms and regimental flags and inscriptions and decorated tombs and every other imaginable memorial created by the hand of man tumbling all over each other and fighting for attention. Many of them would be quite beautiful, were there enough negative space around…
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Not Again Originally uploaded by StickerEsq. Two weeks to the day and now there are more reports of explosions in London. My resentiments exactly.
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CNN.com – London Tube stations evacuated – Jul 21, 2005 Ivan McCracken told Sky News: “I was in a middle carriage and the train was not far short of Warren Street station when suddenly the door between my carriage and the next one burst open and dozens of people started rushing through. Some were falling, there was mass panic. “It was difficult to get the story from any of them what had happened but when I got to ground level there was an Italian young man comforting an Italian girl who told me he had seen what had happened. “He…