A packed few days

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Wow, we've covered a lot in the last few days! We had three days that we went into central London- every day was boiling hot- around 28! In those days we've packed in the Tower of London, the Roman London wall, the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, St James Park, St Paul's Cathedral, the National Gallery, the Science Museum, the Natural History museum, Covent Garden, Hamleys toy store, horse guards parade, and a look at Westminster - phew! The kids have been fantastic- they've covered a lot of walking on really hot days and in crowded tubes and buses. Thursday was our longest day- we left home at about 8:30 in the morning and got home around 10 after having dinner with Darren's cousin James and his partner Shernaz in the city.



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