Rhonda Bracey: At Random

We arrived into Heathrow at 5:30am, then straight through immigration, baggage claim and customs very quickly because we were the only flight into Terminal 3 at that time. The Heathrow Express got us into Paddington Station in just 15 mins.

We then had a private bus tour for much of the day, focusing on a lot that I can’t remember (no sleep!), but including quite a bit of time at the massive and magnificent Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden, Buckingham Palace, Horizon 22 etc.

The weather varied from light misty rain, to sort of heavy rain, to sunshine, to cloudy, and back again, and everything in between. But it wasn’t cold at all.

Many of our group of around 20 had fish and chips with mushy peas at a pub around the corner from the hotel, because of course you do on your first night in England! (it was HUGE and looked great, but unfortunately, the fish [haddock] was way overcooked and very dry)