Saturday, June 25, 2016

LONDON voting & sightseeing

Slept outside London then went into Sth London and left the van at LIz's friend Denise's place while we went in on the Tube to Australia House to vote. Monday 20th June was the first day for pre polling in London so our timing was perfect. Quite a queue but well organised and we were done in an hour so some time for tourist stuff. Had a nice lunch near Trafalgar Square as the weather cleared up and then had a look in the National Art Gallery. Walked through Piccadilly and down to Speakers Corner and across the park to Buckingham Palace. It was sunny now and we walked through St James Park to the Horse Guards then along Whitehall past the beefed up security of 10 Downing St to the Houses of Parliament. Pretty busy round here with lots of Polllies giving interviews outside re the assassination of the Labour member of Parliament for her views on the IN OUT vote for the EU. Creating quite a stir over here and we were not surprised when they voted OUT. Most people in the countryside that we met wanted out but were worried about the city vote. Maybe it will be a good thing for Aussie trade. Westminister Abbey looked sad under renovations and we walked along the Embankment back to Charing Cross and we had an hours delay with a train broken down on our line. Home to Denise and Family and nice night of catching up.