Bye Bye All

"I think they might have had enough of us Jennie!" A tearful farewell is said to all and a huge thankyou to all of you for making this trip THE BEST!!!!!

Last day started at Borough Market, London Bridge

A very British scene, Ranger's House Greenwich Park. A real snow dome of cherry blossom.
No we don't know why we can't fit the captions to the photos!



Jennie contemplates pie, mash and liquor @ Manzes in Tower Bridgw Rd.

Caught at the Court

Wisteria wench!
Cheese woman
A beech arched walk ( Jennie id considering one of these also)

We loved Hampton Court and it was such lovely weather!

Well Ross this is the sort of thing we think will look good at Regency Villas!

And Jennie is planning a Tulip garden.

London scenes

"I didn't go near his bottom!"

Hampton Court with guides.







Jennie and Eros.

Every picture tells a story

Madam Musgrove taking afternoon tea in Harrods.















Changing the guard ( actually the old one looked ok to us!)


Woolwich free ferry ( its a long story!) from the top of the barge ramp tower (Garry eat your heart out!)

ready for home!

OMG ( we never thought we'd use that expression) have finally made it to the BA lounge with a G & T and a computer, what a palava at check in! Well I did Jennie will not leave duty free!!

It seems that our luggage allowance was 56kg but our luggage weighed 86kg...the BA lady was not impressed with this but offered to help us out for the measly sum of £500 PANIC PANIC PANIC....

The solution was to disappear downstairs for a couple of hours remove sundry items from suitcases and hand into HB's (that's Hilary Brown ) for safekeeping. Boo hoo no French wine, boo hoo, no rasberry suede boots, sorry Kai all the jams & honey mum nicked out of that French hotel for you! plus all the catalogues to order more stuff! ( husbands breath a sigh of relief!) , plus lots more stuff some of which Lynne will ask mum to bring back...hello mummy!! XXX.

But in the end different BA check-in person, 10kg lighter and NO EXCESS BAGGAGE!!!!!
Totally drained... and no energy for duty free shopping now (husbands breathe another sigh of relief!!).

Well the last two days have been another whirlwind following on from the previous 19 whirlwinds. The sun shone on Hampton court, gardens magnificent. HB chauffeured us around Lynne's old stomping ground: Pepy's Library, Couldn't find the Apples & Pears!!, Haberdasher's Aske's Hatcham Grammar School for Girls', Jerningham Rd, New Cross ( still intact), drink on the Wibberly Wobberly, Tuam Rd, Plumstead Common, The Hollow, Plumcroft Primary School and a great view over London at night from the top of Shooters' Hill.

Today was a lot more chilly and overcast, we started out at Borough Markets; great food & wine. Managed to consume Venison bap with Cumberland sauce, bacon & sausage bap with cucumber & pepper relish, a Chelsea bun. Then off to Tower Bridge Rd for pie, mash & green liquor @ Manzes pie shop "we have no toilets here" said the pie lady " just go over the road to the bookies" she says. "What's a bookie?" says Jen, "is it a library thing?" "No you wally!" says Lynne "it means betting shop, we will have to put a bet on!". After some consulting of the form guide we selected 'Tax Free' in the second race at Newmarket which came in third and paid £3.

oops last call must dash!!

Shopping, Shopping, shopping....

Harrods...(canteen of cutlery. Egyptian earrings, D&G watch, soft toys, inc wooly bullie, Ashford factory outlets (2 pairs of shoes, carry on baggage two tops..)...Fortnum and Mason's luncheon Tuna nicoise & lobster bisque)...John Lewis, Liberty shirts, afternoon tea at the Wardorf. Now at Susan's for the Chamonix post mortum & farewell.

Chamonix

Chalet veille forge ......going silly up Mt Blanc (its the altitude!)


10 go mad in Chamonix! It's was cold
Tessa et tres belle! but who are those old bags with her?