Started the day by walking to Hyde Park. We had coffee in the cafe overlooking the Serpentine. We had intended to visit the Winter Wonderland thing in Hyde Park, but it turned out to have an entrance fee and given that we didn't want to go on any of the rides anyway we decided to give it a miss and walk on through Hyde Park to Knightsbridge.
We spent a while looking around Harrods, especially the food halls, but managed to resist buying anything.
After that , we took the tube to Bermondsey and had lunch at a very old pub called The Mayflower. The Mayflower (yes that Mayflower) was originally moored at the back of the pub before sailing to Southampton to meet up with the Speedwell. Very nice steak pie and mash, followed by apple and pear crumble with custard, and a couple of glasses of mulled wine thrown in for good measure.
Then it was time to go meet up with our guide, Tim, who was taking us on a guided walk around the Rotherhithe area. Lots of interesting historical buildings and fascinating snippets of information. The views of the city from the banks of the Thames were also outstanding.
The only problem was that the weather was really chilly today, so after the walk we headed back to the hotel for a hot bath and spent some of the evening in the hotel bar having some more hot mulled wine (purely to warm me up guv, honest). Another early night tonight after all that walking.
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