S & J's Big Adventure
Found there was a Magna Carta exhibition in the Supreme Court Building. That appealed and as there were very few tourists showing much interest we went in.
The exhibition was exceptionally well presented and explains the Magna Carta in plain English, we found it really interesting.
The Supreme Court is the home of the Privy Council which sits in Courtroom 3. I got a bit excited when I realised we were in that very room.
Sharyn Sinclair
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Supreme Court
April 16
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London
Found there was a Magna Carta exhibition in the Supreme Court Building. That appealed and as there were very few tourists showing much interest we went in.
The exhibition was exceptionally well presented and explains the Magna Carta in plain English, we found it really interesting.
The Supreme Court is the home of the Privy Council which sits in Courtroom 3. I got a bit excited when I realised we were in that very room.
When I worked for Duncan Cotterill in Christchurch, my partner took two cases to the Privy Council and won on both occasions. They are now in Hansard. Yours truly prepared all the documentation so my DNA was already over the bench in this court room. How exciting is that. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it FS.
Another courtroom has been recently modernised and had the most fabulous drapes at the windows. The guide told us that the carpets, drapes, carvings etc had been made in the different countries of the UK. The drapes were made in Ireland. They are screen printed velvet and I just had to take a few close-ups.
After another big day out I went out to Richmond in the evening to meet Maggie and Nigel Randall who I haven't seen for 42 years. What a wonderful reunion. It was fantastic catching up with this lovely couple again, wish we had had more time. Very late night.
1.
Hello Hong Kong
2.
Western Markets
3.
Kennedy Town
4.
Victoria Peak
5.
Old Blighty
6.
Leaving Lancaster
7.
Kendal
8.
Lake District
9.
Grayrigg & Manchester
10.
Birthplace of the Gallen's
11.
Derg Castle
12.
Belleek and Donegal
13.
Dublin
14.
Dublin to Chester
15.
The friendliness of the Irish
16.
Rugby & Crick
17.
Northampton
18.
Cambridge
19.
Granada Television
20.
Afternoon with Anne
21.
No 14 Bus to Harrods and the Victoria & Albert Museum
22.
Buckingham Palace
23.
Westminster
24.
Supreme Court
25.
Imperial War Museum, Covent Garden and China Town
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St Giles and Oxford Street
27.
Trafalgar Square & National Portrait Gallery
28.
Eurostar to Brussels
29.
Alone in Antwerp
30.
Fabulous Antwerp
31.
Arrivederchi Antwerp, Hello Holland
32.
Spijkenisse
33.
Bruges, I'm on my way
34.
In Bruges
35.
Still In Bruges
36.
Last morning in Bruges - return to Brussels
37.
Back in Brussels
38.
Another City, Another Hospital
39.
Brussels to Ypres, oops!!!
40.
We will remember them
41.
The Ypres Salient
42.
In Flanders Fields Museum
43.
Ramparts War Cemetery and Hill 62
44.
Ypres to Paris
45.
Washing Day
46.
Notre-Dame Cathedral
47.
The Green Wall of 2nd Arrondissement
48.
Little French Shrug
49.
Eiffel Tower
50.
Sacre Coeur & Montmartre
51.
A Little Smoke Signal
52.
Paris to Milan
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Milano
54.
Window Shopping
55.
Castello Sforzesco
56.
Milan to Florence
57.
Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square)
58.
A Little Retail Therapy
59.
Siena, San Gimignano & Chianti
60.
Porta Romana, Florence
61.
Viareggio
62.
Florence to Rome
63.
Rome
64.
Villa Magnolia
65.
St. Peter's Basilica etc
66.
Aurelio, Rome
67.
Roman Fountains
68.
Arrivederci Roma (what else?)
69.
Kowloon
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