Day 6 ABBEY ROAD
We decided to head out today to Abbey Road to see the famous pedestrian crossing of Beatles fame. It was a 35 minute walk from our hotel and we passed down treed streets filled with elegant pre war apartment blocks.
Arriving at the famous crossing, there was a large crowd already there, all intent on recreating the album cover shot and delaying the traffic in the process. The motorists all seemed to be fairly laid back about this as I guess this is a daily occurrence.
We then went on to see recently discovered ruins of a Roman Temple to the God Mithras. I have to confess this was fairly underwhelming. The museum staff did their best to prop up the experience by making you enter the room in almost total darkness and turning the lights up slowly while playing recordings of people talking in Latin but ‘nah’.
We then wandered around to the Tower of London. Jeanette had heard of the poppy installation they were doing to mark 80 years since the end of WWII and wanted to see it . Unfortunately this was still a work in progress but we managed to see a little bit around Traitors Gate.
We grabbed lunch in a lovely nearby cafe then Jeanette headed off to Oxford and Regent streets for some retail therapy.
Evening meal tonight was at our favourite Italian restaurant and on our way home checked out the statue of Paddington Bear …
And one of my heroes, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Hardys’ Travels 