Seeing London

Well we bought a camper on Saturday morning we are both really pleased with it and are looking forward to being able to unpack all our clothes and make it our home for the next few months!! Our trip out to look at the camper was a place called Cranham, they kindly offered to pick us up from the station so we were rapt when we got off the train and someone pointed to us in a nice silver mercedes, we hopped in the car as we were doing our introductions etc the guy had started driving we were a few minutes down the road when he said to us - 'you are here to purchase the car' to which we replied 'no a campervan' after a few laughs he drove us back to the station where the correct car was waiting for us..

We were a couple of hours up at Cranham and when we left to come back to London we got on train with thousands and thousands of West Ham FC supporters heading to a match against Chelsea - the way to get on the train when you think it is full is to just stand at the doors and push and push until you squeeze in and then the person behind you does the same.

With the purchase of the campervan complete we have now been concentrating on being real tourists.

We went up to Soho for a meal on Saturday night - Piccadilly Circus, incredible at night, people and neons in abundance.

We have been to Harrods where we had to buy something just to get the bag - guess what we brought? A bottle of wine and a bottle of beer and some lunch which we ate at Hyde Park. Hyde Park had the Princess Diana memorials and Kensington Palace, we have also been to Regent Park - both parks are beautiful and hard to believe you are right in the centre of London.

We have been rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous at Madame Tassauds, at the other end of the scale we have been to an old Eastenders type pub - great to sit and listen to the locals chat about 'er indoors and saying 'whats up m'lad' the men all dressed in their best suits which must have been bought for their wedding day about 50 years ago.

Saturday afternoon went to Southbank where all the street shows were with break dancers, mime artists and all sorts of performers plying their trades for a few pounds.

Also went to the Horse Guards where Raewyn had her photo taken with a guard, he wouldn't bat an eyelid.

Raining today but still managed to get on the London Eye, a huge engineering marvel with spectacular views over London. We have also been on the London Dungeon Tour which takes you back in time to the days of the Plague, great London fires and Jack the Ripper.

Got the tube into Leicester Square and managed to get discounted tickets for the musical Grease on tonight at the Piccadilly Theatre so looking forward to that.

Great to see people following our blog - great photo Paul and Shona!!