A towering day!
Lets get the important business out of the way right now! It was a landmark day! I saw my first UK spec, right hand drive Explorer! I think I was more excited about that than anything else today.
So onto the towering day. I visited the Tower of London today. It was quite a remarkable sight. I entered just in time for a Yeoman Warder (also called Beef Eaters for an unknown reason) tour. The guy was very knowledgeable and very funny. He wanted to throw a pensioner through traitors gate because she kept talking! After that was a walk through the Crown Jewels. Unfortunately they do not allow photography so no pictures of that. They were however spectacular! They glistened like nothing I have ever seen before.
Next up was the White Tower. This included scenes from the Royal Armouries (note the wall displays in the album) and the armour of Henry VIII (he must of thought he was well endowed). The ravens are kept in the garden within the Tower. It was thought that the kingdom and the fortress would fall if the ravens ever left. I believe they have clipped their wings to prevent them from flying away.
Next up was Tower Bridge. I didn’t do much more than walk across it. The size of the structure is amazing. I will definitely be revisiting it for more pictures and hopefully going through the Tower Bridge Exhibition. Whatever that is. That may be on tomorrow’s agenda.
The day didn’t start off that great. I hoped to leave early but trying to get a group of people organized and out the door proved otherwise. I then found that there were major planned engineering works on the tube system this week which provided no direct route to Tower Hill. So onto the bus system I went. For a first time I think it went well. Overshot a few bus stops but it wasn’t bad. I did ride on the top of a double decker which provided an odd sensation.
Like I mentioned, I don’t know what’s on tomorrow’s agenda but stay tuned to find out!
