Category Archives: London

Bank holiday

The end of August brings us a bank holiday. It is the last public holday until Christmas. I don’t believe it celebrates anything in particular, just the end of summer. It used to be that banks and other shops closed … Continue reading

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The big red one

We know that a large number of London visitors come from the USA, and, unless you live in a big city, you will be more used to driving and less used to public transport, certainly on the scale found in … Continue reading

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Shocking stuff

I want, in these blogs, to give simple, practical and, hopefully, reassuring information to visitors to London. I know, as a solo traveller, that there are always things you don’t understand about how things work in a new place. If … Continue reading

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