MY LAST LONDON SIGHTS

The phone boxes seem to be used more for tourist photos than phoning.

I think this guy was proving how versatile plastic drink bottles are.

The Natural History Museum was fascinating. To enter you go past this dinosaur then up an elevator into the belly of a flaming hot earth.

The volcano display lists Lake Taupo as one of the supervolcanoes.

There had been a documentary on TV about brides flying to London from the Middle East to choose their wedding gowns at Caroline Castigliano. I walked pass the store in Knightsbridge one day – hence the photo.

Of course I had to go to Harrods. Bought some pens – boosting their profits no doubt.

Nelsons column at Trafalgar Square.

Many times in family history research I have come across people who were baptised at the Lying-in Hospital. I walked past it one day. This maternity hospital was established in 1767 and took both married and unmarried mothers.

I decided to go by boat from Greenwich to visit Shakespeare's Globe theatre. We went under Tower Bridge where I saw the entrance to the Traitors Gate.

That was not the original Globe theatre so I chose not to pay money to go inside. Just looked in the shop.

From there I walked across the Millenium bridge to go past St Pauls Cathedral.

At the Guildhall Library I was fascinated by the display relating to the Great Plague of London. In 1665, it killed about 100,000 people. That was around a quarter of the population at that time.

It was lovely to be in London and find some healthy food options. There are quite a few different shops with super healthy salads and hot dishes.