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Cheers,
  We’d been having such wonderful weather and now we have mostly rain.  In very damp weather thousands of folks, literally thousands, watched the fireworks over Big Ben.  We watched them today on Randal’s computer.  We d…

Happy New Year
from Merry Old England
Ru, Randal and Singkey

Cheers,
   Small kids are great!   This afternoon after the rain had stopped and the sun had come out, I was sitting outside near the river trying to draw the Tower Bridge and not having much luck.  A family walked past and the…

Cheers,
   This email is about TODAY.  I’ve bolded the word today because I’ve so many emails to write about Christmas Day and the days that followed right up until this minute!  Christmas Day several cruisers walked to The Capt…

Cheers and Merry Christmas
   We’ve bright sun today!   Perfect for our cruiser group to walk to the Captain Kidd pub for a noon glass of cheer.  Yesterday Randal, Singkey and I braved the constantly changing weather for the …

Cheers and Merry Christmas
    Hope those who celebrate are enjoying the season.  The rest of us are certainly enjoying your celebration!   Yesterday Randal, Singkey and I made our first visit to the Victoria & Albert….

Cheers,
    So are you all racing around like mad getting ready for Christmas?  On Monday or Tuesday Randal, Singkey and I will go look at the windows of Harrods and Selfridges which are famous for their decorations.  On Christ…

Cheers,
   A few weeks ago some of us went mudlarking along the Thames at low tide.  Here is more than you probably want to know about mudlarks, mudlarking and clay pipes.
Ru
PS  Hope any of you having to deal with the big winter s…

Cheers,
      I wish I could have taken photos inside St Paul’s but they’re not allowed.  As I knew that ahead of time, I almost brought no camera at all.  At the last minute I took my old smaller camera which wei…

Cheers,
   Saturday I joined a walking tour in Bloomsbury based on several “Sketches by Boz” and luckily I’d actually read one of them that morning.  Sunday Sue and Ed Kelly, Sue Ross and I went mudlarking on the Thames looking for…