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Exploring London

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, so after exploring the Mews, I decided to hop on board one of those roofless tours buses and simply sit back and enjoy the sights of the city…  (and it’s times like these I am ever so happy that I am a girlie-girl who wears hats – even though the weather was pleasantly cool, every now and again the sun was quite strong but I was delightfully protected under the shade of a pretty wide brim)…

Ref below…  it’s a strange world, and one where more often than not I feel I simply do not belong…

 

…and who else would one find in London but ABRAHAM LINCOLN..???  (by the way, there is a statue of him in Edinburgh as well that I am going to go on a hunt to find one day…)

…ahhhhhh, at last…  reminiscence of a slower pace of life…

There are worse ways to finish a day’s exploring…

~ Bella

The current Royal Mews was built in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in 1825. The name 'Mews' comes from the royal hawks that were originally kept at the King's Mews. The word 'mew' means moulting, and the birds were kept in a 'mews' as they weren’t used for hunting whilst…
Leaving dear old London town, I ventured a little south for my next stop - an inn originally built in 1285... Welcome to the Crown Inn that was not only build over 800 years ago, but in 1552 King Edward VI visited, and so too did his elder sister, Queen…

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