Southwalk Bridge where we sat for 30 minutes until the police let us cross. At least we were front row!
Just a few of the police that were everywhere.
Arrived in Dover to wet and wild weather. Just like being home really. Our drive to London was a breeze. It’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations so it seemed everyone was already where they needed to be. Getting to our hotel, Le Meridien, was a challenge though. It’s right on Piccadilly Circus which was closed for the first time in history. There was only ONE bridge open to traffic crossing the Thames, due to the 1000 boats in the flotilla today, and the 1.2 million people lining the Thames to watch it. Unfortunately, the one bridge that was meant to be open was closed for a medical emergency. The police allowed our car to wait on the bridge until it had cleared, and then our poor driver had to find a way to get us close to the hotel. It took us an hour to travel about 3 kms, but we were finally dropped at Regent Street and then struggled through the crowds with our mountain of luggage. Robin and I were upgraded to a junior suite - basically a small apartment. It is cavernous. We all congregated in our huge living room to watch the flotilla parade on our giant tv, whilst drinking Moet and eating hot hog buns bought from the street. This was funny as a reporter was on CNN reporting from Piccadilly, talking about the fab hot hog buns (supplied by Le Meridien right outside their front door). Tonight we are dining at Fergus Henderson’s St John Hotel for a bit of nose to tail eating. No doubt Dad will have tripe. Cam and Robin are out somewhere in the rain. Dad is having a nap. I am enjoying all this space after our tiny, tiny cabin which I called home for the last 2 months.
The hotel has given us free tickets to a Picasso exhibition at the Tate, which I plan to visit tomorrow. My favourite museum is the National Portrait Gallery, just round the corner on Trafalgar Square, so I’ll visit that too. It’s great to be here!
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