London day 2

Some of these pictures were taken at the London towers, this place was unbeleivable, lots to see. You will need at least 3 hours to see everything, from the crown jewels, yep, that where they are kept, we saw the biggest diamond in the world, 530 carats. Today were of to Matlock caves, of course I will post some pictures of that later. If you ever go to London, plan on at least 4 days, 2 days was just not enough for us. But we are kind of trying to see lots of England in just 10 days. I am here for 6 months but Carol on ly a 10 days visit, so we have to make the most of it.

Tips, dont go to Nottingham castle, waist of time. Places that I enjoyed and worth the time to drive, Althorp, London towers, London eye, Kedelson hall, the ss great britain was ok but, not worth the 2 hour drive from derby. Downtown Derby is quite nice, especially at nite on weekends. Got to get ready now for matlock, see ya later mates.

London day 2

London day 2

London Trip Day one

Incredible views from London

View from the London eye

Carol in the London eye and the view

London eye

Up in the sky

London trip

Left Derby in the morning, by train is the easiest. I was not aware that I brought 3 Carol with me.





Parliement square from the London eye, what a view from up there.

ALTHORP

Today we went to Althorp, Carol and her friend Karen really wanted to go there. I was a little against that idea, but sure glad we went. Again, we could not take any pictures inside, that would defeat the purpose of them selling books with all of the inside pictures I guess. The inside was spectacular, even saw the one bedroom that Winston Churchill slept in. The entire place is full of beautiful paintings. The library was awsome, I tough they had to many books, but the one guy said that was nothing, there is only 1o thousand books now, there used to be 50 thousands. Most of the furnishing and painting was brought there before the war for safe keeping, as the Spencer house was a target during the war, and was actually hit during the war, so most of all those valuable things would of been destroyed, if one of the Spencer did not bring all of those for safe keeping. Aparently the current Earl still lives there from time to time. Good place to see if your ever in the area.

ALTHORP

There is one happy girl there, Carol at Lady Di estate

ALTHORP

This is the gardener's cottage at lady Di's Spencer Estate

One more Day

The wait is almost over, my honey Carol is coming over tomorrow, with a girlfriend of hers for 10 days. It will be a busy week but will get to see a lot of stuff. First thing on the agenda, will be the England match at the pub, you guys should see how crazy it gets here in England when there is a match, Carol already been to that pub on her earlier visit, but for Karen it will be a big eye opener. Sunday I am sure will be a rest day for them, after working all day today, then drive to Toronto, then the flight, then the pub, I will have two very tired lady's on my hands. Monday Karen wants to go see lady Diana's place, I guess she was a big fan. Tuesday were of to London for a couple of days, Thursday of to Warwick castle. Then Carol wants to bet on a few horse races. Saturday and Sunday I am not to sure, but I know they will find a place to go. Will have lots of pictures to post in the near future.

Those pictures are from Bristol UK



See you later mates

More of the SS Great Britain

SS Great Britain

Nice job they done on this one, the inside was the best part. This beautiful restored boat is located in Bristol.

Tuesday at kedleston Hall

Wow this place was great, just 10 minutes outside Derby, unfortunatly, there was no pictures allowed inside, but it was great. Secret doors for the servant, so they can go anywhere inside without disturbing or been seen by the guest.

Carol's visit

Carol finally arrived one hour late in manchester, lovey rainy day it was, the hour and a half drive from Derby went well. It certainly was a long day for Carol but like a trooper, she stayed up as long as she could. We got back in Derby at around 4 pm, went to the house for a bit and then headed to my local pub for some well deserved refreshments.

Monday was again a rainy day, decided to head out to the Eagle center for a bit of shopping with hope the the rain would stop. We were hoping to walkabout in downtown Derby and finally the rain stopped for a bit and we went outside. here is a few pics from downtown after the rain stopped.




Here is some pics from this wanderful pub called the "Standing Order" look at that amazing ceiling. The next one is from the outside of another pub, where they serve strange burger

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