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Last day in London, watching the Changing of the Guard and then shopping in Hamley’s Toy Shop on a cold, sunny, day before driving home as the miners drift back to work but the train unions unite against delivering coal
Up at 7.00am with myself the last awake. Another order of pots of tea, coffee and hot chocolate from room service and then the children fell to electronic games of “The Big Game” (soccer) and Frogger, whilst I learnt the first notes of the Sailor’s Hornpipe on my flute. We all share a good bath in turn and then Daniel is dispatched to buy me a Guardian newspaper from the kiosk below. Breakfast downstairs at last and I join in the family’s fun when I realise that it is free and included in the ‘weekender’ tariff. We check out and load all the belongings in the car before taking the number 2b bus again from Swiss Cottage to Victoria Station and walking to Buckingham Palace. There to see at last the changing of the guard.
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Enjoying a family weekend at our London Hotel in Swiss Cottage, exploring the City by bus and underground whilst visiting Buckingham Palace, The London Museum and then relaxing in and around the hotel pool before a fine dinner as we disregard the bitterly cold and squally show showers
We wake fairly early with Debbie full of beans as usual and call for pots of tea, coffee and hot chocolate which arrive in short order. Baths all round whilst Daniel reads a Dr Who book and Debbie watches ‘Ruba-dub-dub’ on television. Down to a ‘help yourself’ breakfast which the family greatly enjoy – Daniel helps himself to three packets of cereal and Debbie collects a huge plate of toast. Back to the room for our things and then I manage to find the Hostess to get our Red Rover vouchers. We set off and change these at the underground station for ‘Explorer’ tickets and use them to good effect for the rest of the day.