Have been taking walking tours over the last few days. Sunday we did a London Walk titled London in the Swinging 60’s This was a very fun tour led by Adam pictured below with a statue of Twiggy, who growing up ,was teased by the nickname Twigs. This was fun. Among other things he is …
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Where the light shines
Last night we took the tube to an area called The Coal Drops Yard to attend a show at The Lightroom. Last time we were here we saw a retrospective of David Hockney. This retrospective was unlike anything you have experienced unless you’ve been to France for the Van Gough immersive . Before we get …
“ And the wind began to howl” (Late entry)
Most places around here don’t open until 9 for breakfast. Put on the rain gear and headed to the dockside bakery. It was quite busy with take away orders but no place to sit inside. So we found a place on the porch overlooking the harbor, buttoned up our coats and enjoyed our breakfast, of …
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Movin on through with the light of hero’s 3, may it be we.
Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry We’re back in the portrait gallery. During the Iraq war he did two acts that saved the lives of his English comrades. These acts were of a magnitude that earned him the 1st Victoria Cross awarded since 1969 . The next one I was drawn to like a magnet due to …
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The Old and The New ,Movin On Through
This Lady strides across Trafalgar Square. The first few times passing by in a bus I wondered ,what’s this about? My gut reaction was I really liked it. We have moved to the East side of London about 2 blocks away from The Tower of London and Tower Bridge When William the Conqueror built The …
Hero’s II
The picture below was taken at a water pump on Broadwick St ( Formerly known as Broad St) in London The reason the handle is missing is because one of my hero’s did the work to prove that this well was a source of Cholera during an outbreak in 1854.By going house to house and …
Heroes
Affter checking carefully for mischevious Bears we disembarked at Paddington Station yesterday. Hopped into one of their fantastic cabs and took a slow crawl across the city to our residence for the next 3 days. To get to our quarters required ascending 3 flights of stairs, straight out of Amsterdam. Our room was a far …
Foundation,Foundation, Foundation
We’ ve been traveling by trains and buses over the last few days. Not the fastest, but more relaxing and lets your eyes drift over the landscape. We were coming out of the Scot Highlands and into North Western England.. We overnighted in Birmingham before ending here in Bourton on the Water. In Birmingham we …
On to Inverness
This beautiful piece of work was just outside the National Portrait Gallery We took a 3 1/2 hour train ride to Inverness. Passing through ancient glacial carved valleys The man in the mirror Spent the afternoon wandering through the streets. The next morning had breakfast in a charity cafe that supported the local hospice. The …
History is always blooming
It’s Tuesday AM and we’re rolling We spent yesterday at Kelvin Grove a huge museum and art gallery here in Glasgow. Certain history white washers would hate this place. Every room had something about what colonialism did to the countries they dominated. Many pieces of art had signs in RED stating the piece had been …
