Last night I took the tube into Tower Hill to meet the Prince & go to the night time Christmas Markets. We decided to walk as it seemed they were fairly close. Hmmm that was a big mistake. We ended up walking along the river from Tower Bridge to the London Eye!! It's quite a long way as the river bends south at this point. Can I just say, "Dear England, please to get rid of the cobble stones? They HURT!!". LOL
Anyhoo it was lovely walking weather & there is so much history everywhere you go. We got to wander past so many interesting things.
There was an interesting program on Channel 4 the other evening, highlighting the story of several of the Queen's cousins on the Bowes-Lyons side of the family. Early on in the 20th century there were several girls (5 that we know of) born into the family who were diagnosed as "imbeciles" & when they reached teen years were locked away in a mental facility. These people would today probably be considered "learning disabled" & early intervention could make a significant difference to their lives. The program focused on the fact that these women were essentially abandoned & continue to be ignored by the current Royals.
I was thinking on this as I walked across Tower Bridge looking a the Tower, it is nearly 300 years since Anne Boelyn entered as a bride & nearly 300 years since she was beheaded as an adulteress. What a cack considering Henry's checkered history. She is buried in the grounds of the Tower. Such a shame her family abandoned her even in death. I find it most interesting that the Royal Family & the aristocracy is always looked upon as something we should aspire to & yet I think they are as flawed & even more so in some circumstances as the rest of us hoi polloi.
Anyway all that aside here are some pretty pictures of London one evening in November 2011.
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| London Bridge by night |
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| The rebuilt Globe Theatre - home of the Bard |
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| Mmmmm German sausage!! YUM! |
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| Smoking men & beasts |
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| Big Ben |
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| Spots still popular |
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| We walked a looooong way baby!! |
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| Tate Modern by night |
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| St Pauls |
Really have to work on not
whinging complaining moaning bitching so much about my back pain when walking. Sorry Prince. LOL
Loving what I do! Really.
Lush x
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