Trip Day 01 – 03-09-2010

Well here we are feeling pretty good and off for a walk, first thing to do was to take a closer look at Marble Arch. The iron work in the main gate was very impressive, double decker tour busses are everywhere as too are black cabs and red phone boxes, after a quick walk around the streets with the rows of terrace houses with flower boxes I made my way across to the park, and to my surprise I discovered it was Hyde Park. With the warm weather the deck chairs are out 1.5 pound for 1 hour of relaxing, After having a coffee and feeling pretty good i thought once around the park, little did i realise the size of Hyde Park, it took about 4 hours to complete the lap, but it was full of amazing things to see so it was well worth it, the oak trees are so huge and the squirrels are scampering around getting fallen acorns. The Albert memorial was something else, amazing marble carvings and so much gilding, this stands in front of Albert hall which itself is an impressive building. Kensington palace is undergoing restorations, it is amazing to see the main gates still covered in flowers and photos of lady Diana.

Well i finished my day with a pint in the local around the corner from, nice quite pub, it has fosters on tap and people are even buying it.

Now a note for Newell, thanks to his book on jet lag i must say that i seem to have no ill effects so far, I was able to stay awake till 7pm and although i was awake at 3am i think i should be able to stay up later tonight and get a full night sleep.

I have uploaded my photos from day 1 please click below if you want to check them out.