London again!

This was probably our last visit to London, so we were out to make the most of our time.
On Saturday we visited St Paul’s Cathedral. I have probably mentioned this before, but each cathedral we visit we never think we can better it, but this one is just breathtakingly beautiful and well worth viewing. It dominates the city with a dome second in size only to St Peter’s in Rome. It was built between 1675 and 1710 by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666. Four other cathedrals on this site, the first dating from 604, preceded it. Somehow it dodged the bombs of WW11. It was the only cathedral in England to be completed in an architect’s lifetime. The whispering gallery is the first of three domes and if you talk close to the wall it can be heard 32 metres away. We forgot about this and when Ian saw a woman talking to the wall he wondered if she was OK!!!!!
We climbed the 530 steps to the Golden Gallery at the very top and had an awesome view of London – lucky for us it was a clear day!
As we hadn’t been to a musical show we chose “We Will Rock You” as the one. All the reports from people who had seen it (including Sara 5 years ago) said it was the best. We also thoroughly enjoyed it. Mind you, we would just go to them all really if we could only win the lottery!
While we were out enjoying ourselves, Hugh was dealing with a break in to our car. Apparently it must have happened the previous night and we didn’t notice anything untoward when we left the house that morning, as it was on the driver’s side of the car. Anyway there was nothing in there to steal, but we had left the satellite navigator cradle on the windscreen and that must have been the attraction as many people then leave the navigator in the glove box. We have never made a habit of this thank goodness. However it was an added expense to have the window replaced which we could have done without. In saying this we were most grateful to Hugh for ringing around and finding a company to come and replace it at 7 pm in the evening.
On Saturday evening we watched the AB’s v France game and we all know the result of that!!
On Sunday, back into the city again and this time around Westminster. We strolled around the Abby, Parliament Buildings with Big Ben, St James Park, Downing Street and over Westminster Bridge. We took the Queen’s walk on the south bank of the Thames passed the Fashion & Textile Museum, Shakespeare’s Globe, Aquarium, Florence Nightingale Museum and then to Tate Modern. This was formerly a power station and is now the home to Europe’s most contemporary art gallery – a different gallery to any other.
We completed our day with a walk over the millennium bridge, tube to Oxford Street and then back to Tottenham, before driving home!