So the overnight British Airways flight to
Heathrow would have been better had the
inflight entertainment worked, had we managed some extra seats or if either of us had got some sleep... but luckily this is our last
longhaul flight for quite some time. Having had such a wait at LAX, it was interesting to walk through the
Heathrow biosecurity without being checked - at this point Mike with a hole in his toe having split it open on one of the MANY escalators in the very very flash Terminal 5. The 111 bus to Hampton was our first go on the top of a double
decker bus - which seemed a very appropriate way to travel around London. On the river Thames is a small island called
Taggs Island, which is a brilliant name for what turned out to be a quaint little island.
The cool thing about it is that not many people actually live on the island - they all have small plots of land with houseboats attached. Our accommodation for the night was on the only bed and breakfast houseboat called Feed the Ducks. For the afternoon we had the choice between going to Wimbledon or going through Hampton Court Palace - easy decision really, so off to the palace
we went :o) The history of the ownership and the
legacies left by the royals was interesting, especially of course that of King Henry XIII... I'm guessing this isn't the first time that we're going to be amazed by the depth of history in UK/Europe. Dinner at the Kings Arms was pretty authentic English tucker - can you believe that
Shona actually ordered a meal that included
pureed peas (fish & chips)? Even more amazingly she actually ate some of them!
So the overnight British Airways flight to Heathrow would have been better had the inflight entertainment worked, had we managed some extra seats or if either of us had got some sleep... but luckily this is our last longhaul flight for quite some time. Having had such a wait at LAX, it was interesting to walk through the Heathrow biosecurity without being checked - at this point Mike with a hole in his toe having split it open on one of the MANY escalators in the very very flash Terminal 5. The 111 bus to Hampton was our first go on the top of a double decker bus - which seemed a very appropriate way to travel around London. On the river Thames is a small island called Taggs Island, which is a brilliant name for what turned out to be a quaint little island. 
The cool thing about it is that not many people actually live on the island - they all have small plots of land with houseboats attached. Our accommodation for the night was on the only bed and breakfast houseboat called Feed the Ducks. For the afternoon we had the choice between going to Wimbledon or going through Hampton Court Palace - easy decision really, so off to the palace 
we went :o) The history of the ownership and the legacies left by the royals was interesting, especially of course that of King Henry XIII... I'm guessing this isn't the first time that we're going to be amazed by the depth of history in UK/Europe. Dinner at the Kings Arms was pretty authentic English tucker - can you believe that Shona actually ordered a meal that included pureed peas (fish & chips)? Even more amazingly she actually ate some of them!
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Shona, you look so interested in eating your dinner!!!
ReplyDeleteHow neat that you spent some time on Tagg's Island. i think in the history of the Island there was some involvement with circus - so, that explains a lot about the Tagg trait of clowning around eh! Yummy meal choice Shona.
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