( Read more... )

All flights went like clockwork. I changed my seat on the flight from Heathrow to give myself a few more inches of privacy, but the stupid bitch in front of me wouldn't sit still and kept wiggling my viewscreen everytime she moved. A minor gripe though. I miss everybody in East Sheen already, haven't the time, really. Peeps are already calling ( Read more... )

Lydia and I are going to Richmond for some lunch and then some shopping. I leave tomorrow so I have some last minute presents to buy, also it is Lydia's twentieth birthday on Saturday, so I am going to get her something special.

I was walking down Oxford Street earlier, and this was in the window bold as brass. I hope they are runnin' scared, both of them.

I am just wandering around central London doing some random shopping. The clouds are starting to arrive now so I think I shall starting heading back to East Sheen. Besides, I am knackered!

The sun is out! It rained all yesterday, but today it is quite different right now. It is a little cold so I imagine a cold front passed in the night. It may get worse later on, so I am going to buy myself a travel card and trip on down to central London with my camera and take some pictures - I do it with my phone too and transfer them to ( Read more... )

Since it is raining its fool head off right now, I think I shall stay inside with a nice cuppa and the Sunday Times. I might flip on the telly after a while and watch all those fools getting soaked.

Went to Chartwell. This is the stately home of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. It is located a few miles to the Southeast of London in a great part of the rolling English countryside. I spend an afternoon going through the house full of Churchill's medals and uniforms, and around the gardens when he built brick walls and a wendy house. ( Read more... )

Rented a car (Renault Avantime) and drove up to Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire to visit the remaining relatives. Took a few pictures of my mother's old neighborhood, or what's left of it. Got to visit two more second cousins who are off from school for Easter. Altoghether, a great visit.

Spent yesterday walking around the city of Oxford. A very old place. A very crowded place, too. The high spot was the world's oldest Botannical garden which was beautiful, and every weed had a Latin label.