DIDN'T WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME

THOSE FOLK THAT WENT ON THE TRIP TO LONDON WOULD  AGREE ITS WAS A GREAT END TO THE YEARS OUTINGS
THE COACH PICKED US UP IN DAGENHAM AT 3 PM AND AFTER GOING TO HAROLD HILL FOR THE NEXT PICK UP WE MADE OUR WAY INTO THE CITY,  NO HOLDS UP
EN ROUTE AND ARRIVED  IN GOOD TIME
 AS WE MADE OUR WAY OVER WESTMINSTER BRIDGE,  DAVE, OUR DRIVER TURNED LIGHTS DOWN ON COACH AND PLAYED CHRISTMAS MUSIC ON THE STEREO,  AS WE ALL LOOKED AT THE THAMES AT NIGHT IT SET THE THEME OF THINGS TO COME ON THIS TRIP
WE ARRIVED AT "MASTERS"  THE FISH AND CHIP RESTAURANT  WHICH HAS NOW BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 40 YEARS OR MORE,  KNOWN TO ME AS "THE CUT" AS  USED  THIS PLACE OFTEN WHEN I WAS WORKING IN TOWN,I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AGREE VERY GOOD VALUE,  TASTY CRISPY BATTERED COD AND LOADS OF CHIPS .

Everybody enjoying their meal.

WE LEFT THE CUT AND MASTERS  FEELING TOTALLY FULL UP GOT  BACK ON COACH,
NEXT, WE WERE TREATED TO A FABULOUS TOUR TO SEE THE LIGHTS IN OXFORD ST, REGENTS ST, SLOANE SQ AND TRAFALGAR SQ, YOU NAME IT, WHERE THERE WAS LIGHTS WE WERE TRANSPORTED TO SEE THEM, I'M SURE DAVID THE DRIVER MUST HAVE EXCELLED IN (THE KNOWLEDGE  THE TEST THAT TAXI DRIVERS HAVE TO TAKE, IF HE EVER TOOK IT)  HAD WE TAKEN THE OPEN TOP LONDON TOUR BUS WE WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN HALF OF WHAT WE DID, AND IT WOULD HAVE COST £42 SO HOW LUCKY WERE WE.

Beautiful lights.

NEXT, DAVID WHISKED US OFF TO THE "WINTER WONDERLAND" IN HYDE PARK MEGA PACKED, BUT GREAT ATMOSPHERE AND LOTS TO DO THEN IT WAS BACK ON COACH, AFTER HAVING TO WAIT FOR A COUPLE OF LATECOMERS!!! CRINGE HAVE TO ADMIT ONE WAS ME!!!THE SHAME,ON EACH OF OUR COACH SEATS WE FOUND A CONTAINER, INSIDE WAS A MINCE PIE AND SOME SWEETS FROM OUR DRIVER . 

Everybody admiring the lights.

NOW WE ARE MAKING OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN, GOING ALONG THE EMBANKMENT   PASSED ST KATHRINE DOCKS AND THE TOWER  ON TO CANARY WHARF WITH ITS TREES DECORATED WITH BLUE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THEY LOOKED BEAUTIFUL, THEN ALONG TO THE SKATING RING , WE STOPPED PARKED UP, NOW YOUR EXPECTING ME TO SAY," WE GOT OFF AND WENT ICE SKATING" NOOOOOO  DAVE THE DRIVER WENT TO THE BOOT OF THE COACH AND HE AND HIS ASSISTANT CAME ON BOARD WITH TRAYS OF GLASSES FILLED WITH SHERRY FOR EACH OF US, STILL NOT QUITE SURE HOW HE POURED AND PRODUCE THEM  SO QUICKLY WITH NOT A DROP SPILT, WE ALL RAISED OUR GLASSES TO DAVE AND PETER AND KATHY.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR

JEANNETTE