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London

June 28th, 2008 at 4:11 am by David Farrar

Had three days in London, kindly staying with The Stig. I’ve been there a few times now so didn’t do much tourist stuff – had a hot curry dinner in Brick Lane Saturday night.

Took Ginga Ninja and German Girl through St James Park, and by coincidence it was the changing of the guard just as we got to Buckingham Palace.

Also went to the old Cabinet War Rooms. They’ve now added on a huge amount of material in the Churchill Museum which is connected to it. A must see. It is where WWII was largely won from.

On Monday morning, a House of Commons staffer kindly took the three of us through the Palace of Westminister on a private tour which lasted around two hours. A huge amount of history there.

We enjoyed some sun next to the Thames at Westminster while waiting to listen to Big Ben. Then had a nice lunch in the parliamentary cafe.

Then met up at around 1 pm with top UK blogger Guido Fawkes (Paul Staines). He has a huge impact on politics in the UK, having brought down a Labour Minister and he is now gunning for the Conservative Party Chairman.

We soon moved to the pub, and as Guido blogged under the apt subject line of Totalled, it became a fairly messy afternoon. Guido was excellent company, as were his companions. We carried on drinking until past 5 pm when we then tubed over to Temple station to have drinks with some Kiwis which was also a fun evening – caught up with Nicola R who I hadn’t seen since the 1990s and various bloggers and readers.

Tuesday saw us take the Eurostar to Paris – a pleasant 2.5 hour trip. I was looking forward to seeing the Chunnel, but all three of us fell asleep before we hit it, and didn’t wake up until we got to France!

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13 Responses to “London”

  1. tim barclay (886) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 7:09 am

    I think WWII was won in the White House and the Kremlin though Churchill in his war rooms provided an essential role particularly the unsinkable aircraft carrier Britain was for the Normandy Landings.

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  2. Graeme Edgeler (2,904) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Damn – got there well first, Tim. Kremlin was my pick too.

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  3. philu (13,393) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    dpf takes his liver on a london tour..is hungover..misses chunnel crossing..

    phil(whoar.co.nz)

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  4. dad4justice (7,339) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 10:29 am

    philu – at least David won’t be searched by police trying to find drugs, unlike yourself, if you ever were allowed in Londontown?

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  5. homepaddock (414) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 10:30 am

    Unless the Chunnel has changed since 2000, sleeping is the best way to spend your time while going through it. :)

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  6. clintheine (1,534) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Ahh a sign of the times! See how Davids little catch up with the “some Kiwis – various bloggers/readers” barely got a mention… I remember the last time we hit the drink with David, I got myself almost an entire post :)

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  7. philu (13,393) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 10:57 am

    clint..you are obviously yesterdays’ heine..

    phil(whoar.co.nz)

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  8. Lee C (4,499) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    The Battle of Britain won the war for Britain Europe and Russia, you idiots.

    God … I despair!

    As for phil an drugs, he actually ‘walks funny’ when around customs because he enjoys the cavity search so much.

    And… it’s free!

    THE BATTLE OF F**N BRITAIN!!!!

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  9. Rex Widerstrom (4,965) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Surely not the Stig? If your friend has pinched the title, DPF, I’d tell him to look both ways before crossing any streets :-D

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  10. Lee C (4,499) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    rex you will like this one:
    ‘Why is a girl like a piano?’
    ‘Because when she’s not upright, she’s grand!’

    Eye thenkyu

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  11. David Farrar (1,735) Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    Rex – they just like driving at the same speeds :-)

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  12. tim barclay (886) Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    Do not think the battle of Britain won the war but it did mean Britain was not going to be defeated easily. Britain was key to the Normandy landings but it Britain was unavailable then I suppose there would have been more resources put into the Italian campaign. It was the US and Russia that defeated Germany.

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  13. riki (234) Says:
    July 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Thanks for the pix David. Its amazing when you think we watch tv all our lives and never really see what the world looks like.

    I see the queen has been denied more funding to upgrade Buckinham palce, but if the public knew how much money the Brown govt was wasting they would not be surprised but they would be very shocked

    http://thefreepressonline.co.uk/news/1/1033.htm

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