AHH! The Plague has hit!
The past two days I have been coping with what can only be described as the plague. It’s been terrible and I’ve tried my best to battle through it. Today got the best of me and a five hour nap followed my outing this morning. I did call NHS to make sure that I will survive. They said I should be fine. Thank gosh! I did nearly lose my life to a cyclist. I was crossing a small alley and he came out of no where! Then I nearly lost my head, the tube door started to shut, I’m a bit too tall. Thankfully I ducked in time. The door wasn’t going to lose though! It tried to eat my bookbag at the next stop. I prevailed though!
Regardless of how I felt this morning I had a schedule to keep. I got up, cleaned up the flat some since some of my flatmates went to Amsterdam this weekend. I then headed down to the river to watch a lift at Tower Bridge. It was quite uneventful, but neat to see regardless.
Next I headed to Buckingham Palace. This is the last few days that it will be opened. I toured through the Queen’s Gallery which was a waste and very boring. After that I caught the changing of the guards. Again rather boring. I stayed for most of it. But being sick and crammed together with a bunch of tourists was not on my list of things to do.
After that was the Royal Mews. This is where the Horses, Coaches, and Motorcars (he he!) are kept. From what my tour guide said today was a lucky day! The Bently State Limousine was parked outside in the court. It’s an odd looking thing. It was specially made for Queen Elizabeth II. There are two identical ones, Bently One and Bently Two. There are also three Rolls-Royces (all from the 40s and 50s). There is also a number of coaches that can be seen. The most noteable being the Gold coach. It weighs roughly around 9000 pounds, takes 8 horses to pull and normally travels around 2-3mph, no steep hills. As you can tell, I did enjoy this portion of the day!
Take a look at the photos. There aren’t many but still a good look. I’m heading to bed! I got to kick the plague!
