A Day Trip From London

Dave decided to collect the hire car from Europcar in Finchley while I packed. In theory this was all good and well but firstly they would not give him a car as he did not have his passport with him. As privilege members this is stored electronically on their system. They also does not actually …

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More To See In London

We left the house and did the 25 minute walk to Southgate and caught the underground, changing at King's Cross St. Pancras for the Circle Line to Monument. We walked through Leadenhall Market and had espresso at The Coffee Works Project.  From there we walked to Old Spitalfields Market which was established in 1887 and …

A Day In London

After a slow start to the morning, Jon dropped us off at Arnos Grove and we took the underground to Covent Gardens. At the market we bought macarons at Laduree, citron for Dave and chocolat orange corse for me. There was a string quartet playing in the food hall which we listened to for a …

South Croydon And London

We were awake at 7:00 and left the house at 9:20. We walked to Southgate station and bought new Oyster cards as ours have expired. We caught the underground, changing lines before getting the overground to South Croydon.  We went to Auto Taps and bought the system and sensor we need for the prep bowl. …

East Barnet

We woke up at 7:35 and had a normal 'stay at home' Sunday. I spent the morning with Talya and Dave took the car back to Heathrow. Jon followed him so it was an easy trip. Talya and I shopped at Tesco and I've got a few things for my kitchen, as one does. We …

From Abingdon To East Barnet

We had a good sleep in, a family breakfast and got onto the road by 11:20. I had to figure out how to work the on board satnav and once I did we headed for Thame.  We had a short walk around the old village before heading through Aylesbury. We stopped for a light lunch …

Visiting an old friend

We had a lazy start to the morning and after breakfast we headed to Brackley. We went to visit Alastair Gibson at his studio where he makes the most amazing carbon fibre art. He has combined his Formula 1 knowledge and love for art and creates mostly sealife sculptures. You can take a look here: …

Back to Abingdon

We were awake at 6:45, packed, had breakfast and got on our way to the airport at 9:00. We put fuel in - £43.95 for 36.96 litres and approximately 439 miles travelled. We dropped the car off at 10:08 and walked straight to the check in counter. We had to wait there until exactly 2 …

From West To East

We were awake at 7:25 and on the road by 9:25. There was a stunning view of Loch Ness as we left. We took a short walk to Foyers Falls which are amazing. We are on the other side of the Loch from when we went to Skye and we could see Urquhart Castle across …