Searching for Mike and Joanne - Again
A reasonably slow start.
The London marathon is on today so there are 40,000 runners and 900,000 spectators out there. We were happy to watch the start on the telly and then head in the opposite direction.
RB, Tracy, Janet and I headed off to Kew Gardens. This invloved a couple of train changes but we are getting better at this travel stuff and we arrived late morning on another beatiful day. Hard to believe this is the same London we were in two weeks ago.
This is our first visit to Kew and as has often happened this trip we were very pleasently surprised. The gardens are magnificant and massive. We started our visit on the Tree Top walk and then worked our way to the Pagoda (built late 1700's!). After lunch we explored the massive tropical glass houses and the Princess of Wales centre which deals with dry parts of the world.
From there we fell over Kew
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Gardens
April 22, 2018
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Kew, London
A reasonably slow start.
The London marathon is on today so there are 40,000 runners and 900,000 spectators out there. We were happy to watch the start on the telly and then head in the opposite direction.
RB, Tracy, Janet and I headed off to Kew Gardens. This invloved a couple of train changes but we are getting better at this travel stuff and we arrived late morning on another beatiful day. Hard to believe this is the same London we were in two weeks ago.
This is our first visit to Kew and as has often happened this trip we were very pleasently surprised. The gardens are magnificant and massive. We started our visit on the Tree Top walk and then worked our way to the Pagoda (built late 1700's!). After lunch we explored the massive tropical glass houses and the Princess of Wales centre which deals with dry parts of the world.
From there we fell over Kew
Palace and spent a couple of hours exploring the palace and the kitchens as well as the associated gardens. We were often encountering trees planted in 1759 and even found the worlds oldest pot plant which has been around for more then 250 years.
The gardens are a fantastic place and we only managed to see about 1/3 of them. Definately on our to do list for our next visit.
Dinner tonight was with Mike and Jo at their flat. Another great Jo creation. Back home to try and plan our last 10 days. Going to be a struggle to fit everything in!
1.
The Cunning Plan
2.
How do you please those Travel Gods?
3.
Bike Portland, Exploring Waterfalls and the Dunedin Sound
4.
You will always remember your first Moose
5.
Dog Mushing for beginners
6.
Chasing the Picture
7.
Museum day and meeting Mr Uber.
8.
Train Day
9.
The Yukon, Coldfoot, Ice Road Truckers and the Northern Lights
10.
Brooks Range & Atigun Pass
11.
Coldfoot Camp & Flying High
12.
Fairbanks
13.
Flying Fish
14.
Big Planes and an Underworld
15.
London Town
16.
Catching up with the Kids
17.
RB Arrives
18.
How many transport options are there?
19.
Bermondsey and Les Mis
20.
Visitor, Strawberry’s and Birthday Celebrations
21.
Rugger Anybody
22.
Blenheim Palace and Oxford
23.
Slaves and Lawyers
24.
Hampton Court Palace
25.
Engineers, Colchester and some RnR
26.
Shopping and Postman Pat
27.
Croatia
28.
Montenegro
29.
Gondola, Bosnia & Split
30.
Krka National Park and the odd Thunderstorm
31.
Travel Day
32.
Canels, Animals and Camden Market
33.
Shrek, the Eye and a Visitor
34.
Dancing Queen
35.
Gardens
36.
Winston, Shopping and a Sad Farewell
37.
Please Sir, Can I have some mor?.
38.
From ANZAC to Meatloaf
39.
Spies and Old Friends
40.
Tower Bridge and Toys
41.
Giant Anteaters and Row Boats
42.
Blowing Bubbles
43.
The Last Supper
44.
Homeward Bound
45.
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