Ray & Barb 2016 Trip: London wanderings

1-5 Howick Place, London says the gps identifier, the place where Jeantine met Darren & Sandra Mahaffy and their kids. As Darren commented 'The tea is delicious'

2 The Sanctuary, London. The top pic has Big Ben matching the time stamp on the photo. The opportunity was taken for a quick look through the souvenirs on offer in the store but, no purchases were made. From here we walked toward St. James's Park.

Interesting that Big Ben shows 11:10am whereas the Panasonic TZ15 is time stamped as 11:29pm, which is likely NZ Time but, 11:10 and 11:29 - I guess the camera time setting is out.

A short cut through to wherever Jeantine was leading us? Can't recall. Watching the Guardsman on horseback you have to feel for the guys or gals who become background to people's photos - or worse for the guards being used for the visitors entertainment, much like an animal in a Zoo There was quite a crowd to see the Changing of the Guard and not much chance of pushing through. The Police were manning a crossing point on Spur Road, stopping people crossing and then reopening - I guess they were trying to predict when the Guard squad were going to come marching out. I thought I did a good job of stopping the video on the beat of the music.

There would have been a lot less people (tourist visitors) to compete with in 1963 to capture the Guard marching up Buckingham Palace Road.

Then after leaving the changing of the Guard and more walking we found ourselves outside Harrods - and my eye caught the patterns of the awnings outside.

Inquiring at the booking desk what are the chances of a table for three.

The tea is poured

Photo taken by our Polish born waiter. The service was very professional, no obvious judgements made even when the child at an adjacent table made quite a mess on the floor.