So - nice weather today and I did what I said I would. I hopped on a train to London - specifically central London, Trafalgar Square and the Strand. It's one of the areas most visited by tourists, so I thought that's what I would be for a day.
The train from here on the old mainline terminates at Charing Cross, so that's where I landed. It's quite a nice ride through the Kent countryside, and even the long haul through the London suburbs can be interesting, with lots of chances to spot famous landmarks (the Shard, Houses of Parliament, the London Eye etc.)
However, when I headed out of the station towards Trafalgar Square, it became a huge disappointment. The Square was completely fenced off, and workmen were constructing a large stage for something or the other. I walked around the edge of the square and took what pictures I could, but couldn't actually see most of the points of interest. Still, I did my best.
Next, I had three churches I planned to visit. I'd checked on their web-sites that they were open. Well, St. Martin-in-the-Fields was closed for an event, but I did visit the Gallery in the crypt and snapped some of the tablets and memorials kept there.
The other two churches on my walk were also closed for private events, so exterior shots only this time. It's all added up to another visit later in the year.
I wandered along the entire length of the Strand, to the Temple Bar Dragon where the Strand meets Fleet Street, and then back along the other side of the road. There's a lot to see in this one road, and a lot of research for me to do on things I never knew existed.
Because my health is still not quite right, I kept the walk down to about 2.5 miles of very level walking, and ignored the temptation to drop down to the Embankment, because what goes down, must walk back up
So, I'm about to start two new London pages - one for Trafalgar Square and the other for the Strand
140 photographs will take a lot of sorting through, and researching details.
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