Off to London to see the Queen Part 1..........

As you know I wasn't around  on the weekend of the 3-6th September because we went to London.

We picked up the coach at 7.15 am and set off on our travels via the M62, M6, M42 and M40 motorways, stopping a couple of times en route, for comfort breaks, before arriving at Henley on Thames, where we had a couple of hours to explore.

Henley on Thames is a lovely place full of quaint buildings

and pubs with gardens like this

Then of course there's the river Thames

and the boats

We wandered round the streets enjoying the sunshine

We even saw a celebrity walking the same streets - Phillip Schofield off Breakfast TV, who lives near Henley on Thames.

Unfortunately he had passed us before we realised it was him or I would have asked him to pose for a photo.  He's much more handsome in real life than he appears on TV, though he's handsome enough on TV!

We called in another pub for a rest (and a drink) and enjoyed some more sunshine

before setting off back to meet our coach for the onward journey to The Holiday Inn, Reading, where we were staying for the weekend.

We arrived at the hotel with plenty of time to unpack and have a cup of tea before getting showered and changed for dinner.    After dinner we had a drink in the bar then retired to our room and bed, so we'd be fresh for our 9 a.m. departure for London the following morning .

I hope you'll join me next time for our first excursion in London