Day 3 February 29th London to Gatwick



current Big Ben

Today in London started drier than

Tower Bridge

yesterday and so we decided to explore more of this part surrounding Victoria.  We went towards the Thames through Pimlico and were going to walk part of the embankment.  As we got towards the river it started to rain and didn't look too promising.  We decided to divert and catch a riverboat to Greenwich which would be dry and fairly interesting.  We caught the boat at Westminster pier, stayed inside 

Tower of London

and enjoyed the views of buildings

The Shard

along the way.  Big Ben was still enclosed by scaffolding, and we took about an hour passing other landmarks and listening to the commentary until we reached Greenwich.  We disembarked for about 30 minutes which enabled us to have a brief walk round and then caught the ferry back to Westminster, of course we passed 

Greenwich from the Thames 

where Matthew Martin and family live when in London!


When we returned to 

Cutty Sark

Westminster we caught the tube to Victoria, did a little more shopping and then collected our luggage from the Premier Inn.  We made 

the Martins lived somewhere here

our way to the Gatwick Express and had a smooth journey to our Premier Inn in Gatwick.  We settled in, dined in the restaurant and relaxed before our bigger journey of travelling tomorrow.