John Burke's a-Musings

A series of articles describing a weekend break in a somewhat freezing, though occasionally sunny London 4-6 December 1995. Our first real ...

Wednesday 6 December 1995. Our final day in London and we awake to the sound of sleet hammering on the window. The TV news showed pictures...

Tuesday 5 December 1995. After coming out of the London Tower we went across the way and into a small shopping centre, at the back of which...

Tuesday 5 December 1995. Having come down the river and left the boat at the Tower of London, we buy tickets and enter through the castle w...

Tuesday 5 December 1995. We had climbed down the steps to Westminster Embankment and got onto one of the boats heading east towards The Tow...

Tuesday 5 December 1995. It was no warmer than it had been the the night before. If anything the temperature was dropping as we got off a ...