London June 6 and return on June 7

Roman wall across from Tower of London

As noted on the thing David is standing next to, it was established the month and year that he was born

Tower of London

Tower Bridge from the Tower of London

Old chess piece

Lots of ravens

Raven figured out how to dump out the bag to get the food inside

Tower Bridge

Ran into British Legion folks on the way to the Eye, very cool since it was on D-Day

The London Eye

Ice cream and duck after the Eye

Walking back to Westminster Station

Westminster Cathedral

Buckingham Palace

On the way home

 

London Trip, June 5

We went to visit our friend Dr. Roger Richardson in Winchester. 

Dr. Richardson kindly made us cottage pie and apple crumble. All delicious. He used apples from his garden. 

Dr. Richardson's garden. 

The boys in front of a medieval wall 

In front of medieval wall made of flint

An old clock, with a walkway to maintain it. This was the old town hall. 

Butter Cross, so named because people used to put butter on the steps they were selling to keep it tool

King Alfred--hurray!

Still functioning mill 

Bishop's residence

Ruins of medieval castle

Place where Jane Austen died

Very poignant marker in smallest church in England

George visited for tea--he loved carrots 

We attended evening prayers at Winchester Cathedral

On the way home

Preparing to leave

 

Posing with our tickets