….day four was another busy day with lots of walking
Today my Andrea, Josie and I headed to Harrods and Hyde Park. We left Kevin at home to rest and agreed to meet up later in the afternoon.
Harrods is probably one of the most famous stores in London. It is not centrally located and is about a mile from Kensington in the area known as Knightsbridge. Knightsbridge is a very exclusive area, one of the wealthiest parts of London where some of London’s most expensive hotels are situated. Needless to say that we didn’t go there to shop but merely to look around. The food hall was most interesting and beautifully set up with gorgeous display cases of chocolates and pastries and the seafood was displayed on mounds of ice in the most attractive way.
While we were there we were told about the Egyptian escalators that were built in 1998 to reflect the Edwardian style of the building. Harrods built the first ever escalator in the UK in 1898. Nervous customers using the contraption were offered brandy when they reached the top to help them recover from their “ordeal”.
From Harrods we walked over to Hyde Park and walked along the Serpentine Lake. People actually swim in this lake along with the local ducks, geese and swans.
The installation art that you see in the lake is from the world famous artist, Christo, who unveiled his work The London Mastaba (2018) earlier in June. It is a 20-metre-high floating sculpture on London’s Serpentine Lake, constructed from 7,506 oil drums.
Stay tuned for part 2…….
Mama Cormier 
An excellent depiction of the store that a late friend of mine regarded as his corner shop – where he bought haggis and Christmas puddings
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I have to admit that I did buy something – a jar of marmalade and a jar of lemon curd.
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How could you not?
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🙂 They were both delicious.
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So much to see. Thanks for the trip.
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Sometimes there was so much that I have to break the day into parts. Part two will be coming soon.
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More to come yea!We were there this Summer. Thank goodness for battery chargers. So much to see so little time.
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I need to write this down. When I was trying to recall everything we did and saw I was already forgetting what order we did things.
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Oh I know the feeling. Thank goodness the photos are dated.
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Oh so true! My photos help keep me organized.
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Yes…only way I can remember which day I was in Bath or when I was in Bristol Sorry I didn’t make it to Cornwall
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We were hoping to get to Brighton but it was the one day where it rained.
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