The first week of our trip

After an uncomfortable,sleepless night we arrived at Heathrow via Zurich. We caught the Metro in to Victoria Station where we stored our backpacks. After a snack of a croissant and coffee/chocolate we got on the sight-seeing bus at half eleven for our tour around London. The sun was shining though the wind was rather chilly. We had a great trip around taking plenty of pics. London was absolutely packed with all the tourists obviously there for the wedding. The bus tour took much longer than expected as there was so much traffic and all the people everywhere. We got off the bus at Westminister at half two for our cruise along the Thames. The cruise was great and Diane was thrilled with all the pics she was able to take. The cruise ended half an hour later at The Tower where after taking more pics we got back on the bus going past Westminister Cathedral and Buckingham Palace before arriving back at Victoria station.We collected our backpacks and caught the metro to Lancing arriving about half five. I remembered most of the way to Auntie Joan and we walked up to her house. Luckily it was a pleasant evening and not a bad walk apart from the last steep section at her house. Auntie Joan was thrilled to see us and quickly put the kettle on. We had sandwiches and our drink before setting up her sleeper couch. After a good catch-up chat Diane and I bathed and went to bed. Thursday morning after breakfast Diane and I went for a walk on the Downs behind Auntie Joan’s house. The sun was shining though the wind was quite strong. We spotted a little fox in the cemetery and some rabbits on the downs. A lot of people were out walking their dogs. Our walk took us about an hour or so going up right to the very top before coming back down. After having lunch(dinner) we took the bus into Worthing where we walked along the sea front. We stopped to get some souvenirs and have a delicious ice-cream cone before making our way to Stephen’s place where we met his wife and little Charlie. After visiting and having a coffee/tea we left to catch the bus back to Lancing arriving back around eight. We sat chatting till around eleven before going to bed. Friday morning we watched the wedding on TV which we really enjoyed. Kate made such a beautiful bride and all the pomp and ceremony as well as the amount of people watching was impressive. Once that was over Diane and I walked into Lancing to book our tickets to go into Victoria station the next morning. When we had our tickets we bought ourselves ready-made sandwiches at the supermarket which we sat outside eating. It was such a lovely afternoon we decided to walk down to the Lancing sea front which was not far at all. When we arrived we got coffees before walking along the front taking pics. A short way up the locals were having a wedding celebration with an orchestra playing. We stayed a while listening and enjoying the sun before making our way back to Auntie Joan where we had a very pleasant evening together. Saturday morning after breakfast we packed up and made our way down the the station to get the train to London. We arrived about half eleven and after storing our backpacks walked around London going in to Hamleys before stopping at Trafalgar Square to eat the sandwiches Auntie Joan had made us. We bought some more souvenirs and spent some time on a bench alongside the Thames. By this time we were starting to get tired so we made our way back to Victoria station we we had coffee/tea and a panini roll at Costas. After that we wandered through the shops at the station buying some t-shirts for ourselves as well as Ali and the boys. We decided we couldn’t leave London without having a Drink somewhere so we went across the road to a little Italian place where we had a delicious glass of wine each. By then it was after eight so we collected our bags and caught the train to Gatwick where we washed up before finding ourselves a quiet spot to sit. Diane dozed a bit and I tried to nap but wasn’t really tired so we sat talking and looking at the paper, At four in the morning we made our way in to the depature lounge ready for our flight to Prague.We had our tea/coffee and I had a yoghurt before going around the shops. The flight left around eight and we landed at half ten getting picked up by Ros and Jed. We had bacon rolls and coffee/tea before having a shower and then spending the day chilling and chatting together.During the afternoon we sat outside enjoying the sun. In the evening we walked down to the local creperie for supper. I had a goats cheese and walnut salad which I really enjoyed while Diane had a vegetable pancake. Once back it wasn’t long before Diane and I were in bed. By then we were really exhausted. Once in bed I was out for the count until the next morning.