Saturday 2 October 2010

HM Queen Elizabeth - not at home in Windsor today

So now you know, we went to London ( ended up in Windsor) to see the Queen and hopefully have a cuppa
and maybe even check out to see if the streets were paved with gold!!!

BUT sadly we did not see the Queen, but there was a Queen = railway train in the old station which is now a shopping and restaurant complex. The crest is obviously the Royal Crest and was on the side of the train.










Windsor itself was looking nice in the Autumn sunlight, very busy with visitors, a wedding taking place in the Guildhall next door to the "crooked house" (print shown), and the horse drawn carriage doing good business.

The Castle is massive and you only see a very small section from the town centre but the Curfew Tower is impressive and was designed originally with a bell to get the townsfolk back to bed, then a new clock was installed in the early 1600's












The entrance to the station complex, along with the station was designed and built by the famous Brunel, builder of bridges and other stations around the UK.


We went in search of the local library in search of some information, did a bit of searching but failed to find what we were looking for, although we did find an old charity house, which was Joseph Charriot's House






























There was a bit of chaos in the town centre with crowds of young ladies all waiting to see one of the X Factor competitors who was doing his thing in the local
"Shakaway".
We popped down to the Three Crosses Pub, looking for our friend Eddie Murphy, had a beer or two, but Eddie was off at the local rugby club with his pals.
Home on the bus, to get our feet up, a light libation or three and a bit of light entertainment in front of the TV ( a prize might be awarded to the person who guesses what we were watching - and in the correct order !!!!!!!!!)