Anne in Oxfordshire: friends fun

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Tuesday, 13 March 2018

When you get the chance to meet !!

The brilliant opportunity arose for me to meet up with

long time blogger friend/facebook

Paulita and her husband Earl.

The short story is that they have sold up in the USA ,

moving to France and they were in England for

two weeks and not far from London.

Paulita's blog is

An Accidental blog.

Please do pop over and read all about her move and much more.

A quick hop on the train for both of us.

We just had to meet up!!

We met in London at Victoria Railway Station

inside Starbucks . Gave hugs and set off..

Quite amazing really as we only knew each other from our blogs.

We didn't stop chatting :-)

So wonderful that we hit it off , straight away , like we have met before.

Here we both are at the

Admiralty Arch gates on The Mall,

this is on our return to Victoria, having walked

miles , I think Paulita said 7 miles.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE SQUARE IN THE TOP
RIGHT HAND CORNER IT ENLARGES THE MAP AND
GIVES THE NAMES OF THE PLACES.

The code for the above map is :-

RED is where we started and ended our day , PURPLE is where we walked to

and visited and YELLOW is where we had a delicious lunch and shared Vino ♥

I will share some more photos on my next post.

Just want to say

SO HAPPY THAT WE MET UP

HUGE BIG THANK YOU TO PAULITA AND EARL

IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.

♥♥♥♥♥

Tuesday, 6 June 2017

Our day out in London started at .....

MONUMENT

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a Doric column in the City of London, near the northern end of London Bridge, that commemorates the Great Fire of London.
It stands at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft (62 m) tall and 202 ft (62 m) from the spot in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started on 2 September 1666.

Whilst googling, I came across a blog post all about this area ..

The blog is called A London Inheritance Very interesting for

those that love London and it's history.

I love the architectural difference between

the old and the new.

Skanska developed and constructed The Monument Building,

in the heart of the city of London.

It creates a stunning backdrop to The Monument,

the famous landmark that commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666.

One of the striking features is the twisting fins on its south side,

which are made in Italy from anodised aluminium.

The 69 fins create a signature pattern and

are designed to let in as much natural light as possible,

while shading the building from heat gain.

Old and New

The church below is

St Mary Abchurch

Which is Church of England, off Cannon Street in the City of London.
Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is first mentioned in 1198–1199.
The medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666,
and replaced by the present building.

We did try and get in but lots of building work going on.

Hope you enjoyed this little piece of London history.

Jennifer and I had a great time . Still more to come.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Monday, 5 June 2017

A beautiful Cafe in London ....

A few months ago, I read

about a Café in a Church,

and thought how great it would be to visit.

So when the opportunity arose to visit London

to see my great friend Jennifer,

I asked her if she fancied going

to see it. Of course she did !!

I emailed the people, found out where it was,

went to visit and that is where our day started.

HOST CAFE

(Please click on link above to read more
about this wonderful café)

Host is a coffee shop inside

St Mary Aldermary,

a beautiful, historic church in Watling Street.

This is not your typical church café, however.

As well as providing a quiet, reflective space within the busy city,

Host provides high quality coffee , as well as other drinks and food.

The Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary is an Anglican church located

in Watling Street at the junction with Bow Lane, in the City of London.

Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt from 1510. Badly damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666, it was rebuilt once more, this time by Sir Christopher Wren, unlike the vast majority of his City churches in a Gothic style.

(Please click on the link above to read more

about the history of the church)

An amazing place and people are lovely.

There also is a small market of food stalls outside the church on weekdays

This is part one of our walk , as we picked up a map

Friends of the Church and went walking.

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Tuesday, 31 January 2017

A lovely Surprise Postcard from .............

My lovely friend ..

Diane in Liverpool .

A wonderful SURPRISE!!

Also a big thank you to her husband Ian ,

who chose the card..

Diane has a fabulous blog, she is such a great writer

and I am sure you will enjoy reading it.

She belongs to a group called ABCW, where they have to

write about a subject, place or anything to do with

the letter of the week, maybe month.

Go over and have a read ♥

I have tried to identify the buildings and link to them

but came a bit stuck on the Web.

Hopefully Diane will help me out.♥

Liverpool ..

is a maritime city in northwest England, where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea. A key trade and migration port from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, it's also, famously, the hometown of The Beatles. Ferries cruise the waterfront, where the iconic mercantile buildings known as the "Three Graces" – Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building –

stand on the Pier Head.