It has taken me
forever to get around to organizing and resizing the pictures from my last trip to the England. That trip encompassed one day in London, all of LGS, the British Steel Festival, and 3 days in northern England.
First off, this thread is going to get lengthy. I visited many places and it's all pretty well documented.
Second, this thread is going to take a while for me to post everything. My life is incredibly busy and I'm going to have to do this piecemeal. However, I felt it was high time I got down to business and posted about this, especially with all this talk about forum drink ups.
Third, this was perhaps the best vacation I've ever taken. I had many companions at various times in my adventures, but the constants were forum members Davey and PhilKing. We got to spend time with lots of forum members, notably Afghan Dave, Feline Guitars, Tim, Johnny Mac, and Brow. If I've forgotten anyone, I apologize. I owe a huge debt of thanks to Phil for putting the intinerary together and serving as an excellent tour guide. Davey gets kudos for being able to put up with me for a week in close confinement, which can try anyone's soul.
Anyway, enough preamble. Let's get down to it!
DAY 1I arrived two days prior to LGS, in the early evening. This did not prevent London from once again refusing to serve me food at the respectable hour of 9PM!!! Aggrevating!!
Anyway, the trip really started on the Thursday prior to LGS, with Davey and I heading off to London Tower from City Airport and it ended up
way out of control thanks to Afghan Dave! But, I'm getting ahead of myself ...
After a quick bite of breakfast, Davey and I headed down to London Tower, where we spent the better part of 4 hours looking around. I would go back to the Tower in a heartbeat, as there are still some things I want to explore, and I found it a fantastic site. The building is positively thrumming with the energy of all the history and blood that's been spilled both inside and outside the battlement. A fantastic place to chill out with a book or catch up on your history.
Both Davey and I wanted to stay at the Tower, but we were both starving and had wored up a powerful thirst. :)
So, we retired to Witherspoons for a beer tasting.
That was a perfect intermission for the next phase of the day --- London Dungeon!
(To Be Continued)
