Sunrise over the English Channel
Headed off around 8:20 and went up to St Margarets Bay. On the way the clouds started rolling in from the west. I did the only appropriate thing - burst into tears. Because I was so completely sick of cloudy and rainy weather. But the clouds passed a little way north of us, and when we got there it was still a bit sunny on the cliffs. The view wasn't hugely great - you really need to get out on a boat for the best views. But hopefully got some ok photos.
Dover Castle
Entrance to the tunnels at Dover Castle
Buildings under the White Cliffs in Dover
White Cliffs of Dover
These clouds made me cry
Channel ferry
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
White Cliffs of Dover at St Margaret's Bay
Second stop was at Samphire Hoe, which is an area of reclaimed land they created by using the diggings from the Channel Tunnel. The view wasn't great there either - all the cliffs were covered with plants around there.
Heading down to the tunnel to the Chunnel landfill
Going through the tunnel
White Cliffs of Dover from the Chunnel landfill
Chunnel landfill
Dog Poop bin!
Heading back out
Reminding Europeans to drive on the left
So then we drove on to London, hoping we'd see a roadside Maccas where we could have breakfast. Except we didn't find any. We found a Burger King but bypassed that in hopes of a Maccas. So suddenly we were in London and we hadn't had breakfast :( Note to self: don't try to attack driving through crazy busy big city streets on no breakfast. It makes for unhappy campers :( Stoopid traffic jams too which added to the stress levels. We'd allowed heaps of time to return the car, but in the end only *just* made it back in time :/
Naughty person on board!
Battersea Power Station
So jumped on a train (15 min wait) to Earl's Court to stay at the *other* Earl's Court Best Western - on the north side this time. The room wasn't ready so left all the bags with the sweetie and headed into town to see Buckingham Palace.
It was about a half hour queue to get tickets, then the entry was 45 minutes after that, so wandered around Green Park for a while. They've also resurfaced the road in front of the palace in the past two weeks. This spot I've been to three times in three weeks, which is all a little odd. So went back at 2:45 and accidently ended up in the 2:30 queue .. oops.. didn't mean to.. oh well ..
Gates open at Buckingham Palace
Canadian War Memorial in Green Park
Queen Victoria statue from Green Park
The palace state rooms tour was actually pretty good. Of course you can't take photos :( But the audio guide was pretty decent. Lots of very beautiful rooms and only one thing that was too crowded (too much commentary for such a small space). Quite enjoyed it overall. Took around an hour and a half to do the whole thing. Then headed back to the hotel.
Rear of Buckingham Palace
Rear of Buckingham Palace
Pond in Buckingham Palace grounds
Security at the back of Buckingham Palace
Went for a wander and had a pint at the Kings Head (one of about a billion Kings Head pubs in England - either that or Red Lions) and then across the road to a French restaurant for a very yummy three course meal for £9.95 each.
Geotagging - Day 29
Photos on the Canon: 142
Photos on the Sony: 27
Photos on the iPhone: 1
Photos on the Video: 1
Videos on the Video: 7
Steps walked: 10086
Pounds Spent: ?