Eggbert's Travels

Thursday 20^th August 2015

SHE SAID:

WHAT A GREAT DAY!

Sue & I left Geoff & Al to do the “cricket thing”. And then we headed into the city; 1^st stop Westminster for the obligatory “tourist” route of the Houses of Parliament, Whitehall & Horse Guards. Sue was an excellent tour guide; we even got to see the changing of the guard. Then we continued on to Trafalgar Square for our planned meet with Elaine.

Our matinee show of Mamma Mia started at 3pm, & was excellent.

Then it was off for cocktails whilst waiting for Geoff & Al. Dinner at Sophie's rounded out the full day! Phew!

 

A murky day at the Oval

A lonesome piper on Westminster Bridge

The "eye"

Guarding at Horse Guards Parade

Nelson peeping through!

Sue & Elaine in Trafalgar Square

St James Park

Me & Sue

Elaine & I

Waiting for the show to begin

 HE SAID:

What a great day! Australia can bat! It was good to see. And being at the iconic Oval was a good experience too. And continuing the run of crappy English weather, this test, like all the other tests in this series, was affected by the weather. Four out of four!

When Al and I met the tipsy girls it was quite amusing. Champagne and cocktails will do that I guess.

Sophie's the restaurant was hugely over-rated. 17 pounds ($34) for a burger and chips was a friggin' rip off, and they had the hide to whack on a friggin' gratuity automatically. DO NOT GO THERE!