Lords cricket oval

It was a big day today as we had a lot of things to see as it would be our last day in London due to a couple of country trips on the weekend.
Started off with a coffee just around the corner to plan where to head off to first.

As we finally got confident with the bus and train systems we headed to Lords in St James Wood. Initially it was just to look at the ground and keep moving. But when we arrived there were just starting a tour so we jumped in and spent nearly two hours listening to the stories of the the players and about the ground itself. It was very interesting.

Next on our agenda was to walk around to Abbey Road and walk the crossing and grab a photo off Abbey Road Studios.

It was then a long walk back to the bus stop at Marylebone station. 

Unfortunately they were doing some road works and so we had to walk around it for about a klm. We finally got a bus to Picadilly Circus, had lunch at Jamie Oliver's restaurant and then walked up to Fortnum & Mason department store for a look around. 

Quite a nice store with high teas and a bar on the 3rd floor, didn't quite get the bar in a department store, but the rich do odd things.

 
It was then off to St Paul's church, what a long walk this was from Picadilly circus.

It 's  worth the trip as the inside of the church is magnificent. But l must admit, l'm a bit all churches out. I've got a sore neck from looking at the ceilings.
As we had been on our feet all day, Gabriella wanted to go over to the Borough market. This only added to our already weary legs .I think we walked close to 20ks today.

As we walked across to the market, we were reminded of the terror attack that occurred on London Bridge and the Borough Market not so  long ago and felt sombred by the memory. We walked on the London Bridge on our way back and it was clear that people had nowhere to escape to when  the van drove through the crowds and luck saved some but sadly not  all including Australians.

There are now permanent bollards at either end so that this incident cannot be repeated.

Tonight we're off to the Royal Albert Hall. I will update this part tomorrow. Sir Tom Jones will be performing.

Tomorrow we are spending the day in rural England visiting Oxford, Statford on Avon and the Cotswolds . Looking forward to getting out of London to see the country side.