Got up nice and early, packed and on our way to the station at 8.30amCaught a train to Waterloo station to change to the jubilee line, where we were informed that there was a track fault and to expect long delays, in the rush hour.
managed to get on a train but missed our next change by one stop. We tried to go back a stop but, with all our bags, we couldn't get back on the train. So we left the station and caught a couple of buses.
We got to our hotel in Greenwich at 10.30am, it was supposed to take 20 minutes.
Once we had arrived and sorted out our accommodation we wandered on down to the Cutty Sark, it's an impressive tourist destination. But before that we were distracted by the tunnel walk under the Thames. Thinking it was something new, we then discovered it's over 100 years old. had to try that.
Once we reached the other side of the river we decided to catch a train back to Canary Wharf where Steven wanted to look at the Station. Because we've only been to twenty of them so far.
Canary Wharf is a spectacular station with a fabulous timber framed roof and an amazing roof garden. This is three floors up. In each triangle is an inflated plastic bag.
Then we returned to the Cutty Sark.
The Cutty Sark was built in the 1800's to cart tea around the world, however the introduction of steam powered ships put an end to it's viability. After that the Cutty Sark sailed between Sydney and London carting wool. It could carry enough wool to make 1.25 million jumpers per trip. It was also the fastest ship in the world. It could sail from Sydney to London in 72 days.
Amazing engineering to hold the entire ship up so we could walk underneath it.
We then went up the hill to the Greenwich Observatory which is roughly zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude. It is the home of time and also the place where they keep the correct measurements for feet, inches and yards. In addition to this, it is also the datum point where all heights above sea level are measured. So Steven set his watch.
Up here there is a reasonable view of London, which is about ten miles away.
Yep. That's the tunnel where Leigh and Shelby spent hours. I used to be slightly concerned about the amount of dripping water but as its been there some decades decided it was unlikely to collapse while we were in the middle. To the girls this was a disappointing realisation
ReplyDeleteYes, Tammy was considering how we make a fast exit if it collapsed while w were in it.
DeletePity about the delays getting to Greenwich, but it's good that you found another way in the mean time...
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks Tory, haha.
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