Well…tomorrow is the day trip to Canterbury to see the most original medieval town left in the UK and that should be cool…we’re going to see the cathedral there where Oliver Cromwell was killed…the odd thing was we saw his gravesite at Westminster Abbey this morning along with Charles Darwin…and that was cool…we have been getting the most amazing food on the trip with Japanese last night and the best Indian food I’ve ever had tonight…and the restaurants are these tiny little places that hold maybe 20 people that are all over this part of town…no chains or the like that we have in the US but good food made by families trying to make a living…we were able to dash out tonight in between waves of rain that have been coming through the past couple of days…I am getting used to the big city pace and only have a couple of blisters on my toes so far but we still have more than two weeks left to do that damage…

Well…darn, another busy day here but with lots of fun packed into it…didn’t sleep for crap…went to bed at 10 but woke up at 1:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep until almost 4 and was up for good at 6:30…and that is a little strange after going over 40 hours with no sleep the previous two days…at least I don’t have any jet lag and feel pretty good with another day with a lot of walking and sightseeing…started out the day with going to Westminster Abby and the architecture was just stunning and the scale of the building was breathtaking…and the coolest part is all of the people who are interned there…I got to touch the crypt where Richard the 2nd was buried…you know, Richard the Lionhearted of the robin Hood days…and there was Charles Darwin and TS Elliot…who was Laurence of Arabia…and all kinds of authors and poets that were just really cool…then we went to see the Churchill war rooms over by 10 downing street that he used to run the war in WWII…lunch, and then a walk over to the Buckingham Palace…then it started to rain again and we were done anyway so we came back here a little after three…and now I need to rest my feet since they hurt again….more later…

Well…have been awake since Tuesday morning and it is now Wednesday evening here in London and I still don’t feel too badly so I guess I’ll keep going until I go to bed later today…had a good day today but walked 10 miles and did and saw a lot…went to do the Tower of London tour and the first thing I notice is that it is not a tower at all but a fort that is made up of towers…the building was started there in 1066 and they still have buildings there that were built in the 1220’s…and, of course I had to touch them…it was a very interesting tour and then we saw a bunch of sights like the Tower Bridge that is right next to the tower…I am damn sore and we have another day just like it tomorrow…the wind was gusting like crazy but the rain held off until we were almost back here but it looks like another rainy one again tomorrow but we have raincoats and umbrellas…going to see Buckingham Palace tomorrow along with Big Ben and Parliament and anything else we feel like…

Well…that was fitful night of sleep last night which is pretty normal for me when I’m in a new place…but, I got through the night with no problem so I’ll take it…feel okay this morning but I am a little sore from sleeping and all the walking so there will be ibuprofen in my future…today’s the day we go off to  the UK and our flight leaves at 8 pm tonight which is 1 am in the UK and it’s 8 hours long so we’ll get there around 9 am their time or so…have never had this much of a time change traveling so it will be interesting to see how bad the jet lag is going to be…going to try to sleep on the plane a bit but I’m not sure how that will work…the aircraft we’ll be on is a two row jumbo and we have the three seats in the middle row so we won’t have people having to climb over us to get to the restroom and that is cool…it’s my daughter’s birthday today and she is turning 46 and all I can say to that is yow! This is going to be the first time flying that I’ll get a meal on the plane and I wonder how airline food is? I know they used to make jokes about it in the past so I guess we’ll see…just need to get moving here and get this done and a post out to Mastodon…will be back later for a political one but right now I need to get over to Mastodon….more later…

Well…that wasn’t too tough…made it to Baltimore and now I’m petting cats and getting this one out…going through TSA in GR was a breeze and only took about 5 minutes…the flight was full and loud so I had earplugs in all the way…sitting behind the wing in a 737 is not the best seat to have…but I made it here with no problem and the big adventure starts tomorrow evening about 8 when we fly out of Philly to Heathrow….now I need to look for a topic for a political one for today…more later…

Well…this is going to be a short one since I need to get out the door =in a little while…didn’t sleep for crap last night with the thoughts of the trip on my mind and trying to remember everything I need to do to prep the house and me for it….and I need to shut this laptop down so the battery will last til I get through the TSA line before boarding…I’ll try to come back for another one when I get to Baltimore…here we go…more later

Well…after a little bit of work today, I’m ready to go on the trip tomorrow…got my early check in done and now I just need to shut the house down in the morning and head for GR…not sure if I’m going to get to one of these before I get to Baltimore but I will get to it at some point….I am finally starting to get excited about the trip even though it’s going to be a lot of work and I’m going to be completely worn out when it’s over but it is still so darn cool…I did notice that I have a loose toenail from whacking my left foot about a week ago so I put some super glue in my bag in case I need it…I did stay off the bike today since I didn’t want to have any chance of hurting myself and I really did need the rest…going to take it easy the rest of the day….have already gotten rid of all of the food out of the fridge except for the milk and I’ll put that out in the morning if there is any left….so, now I’m just going to watch the Lions…have already taken care of the car and put the battery box and coolant in the trunk in case I need them….

Well…up at the normal time today and that is around 6 or so…it’s the last day before I leave for my trip and I have details to take care of today….but not a lot of work so it will be an easy one…just need to give myself a haircut and clean up my beard but I can’t put my tooth brush in until tomorrow morning….I am a little apprehensive about flying tomorrow since I haven’t done it in years and things have changed….I think it’s going to be a relaxing day today with the F1 race on at 8 and then the Lions play at 1 so that will be a good background noise for the day….no bike ride today with the rain that is coming in and I wanted to rest my body anyway to make sure I don’t hurt tomorrow….I need to get some rest today and maybe even a nap later but I slept okay last night so that might not be necessary…will have to get rid of the perishable food later but I don’t have a lot of that since I planned for the trip….need to check in for the flight in a few minutes to make it easier at the airport tomorrow…not much to do today…just need to take it easy and get a few things done so I can get out of here by 8 tomorrow morning….more later…

Well…had another okay night of sleep last night but I’m pretty sore for some reason and it might be just from sleeping wrong…it’s cold in here this morning and I’m not sure why…it’s 57 out there and I shouldn’t feel cold…need to get on the bike by 7:30 this morning so I can be back here by 9 when F1 qualifying starts so I need to pour coffee down me and get jump started….and I need to remember to make a full pot of coffee tomorrow so I can have some Monday morning to get going…still have the high pollen warning on the bottom of the screen and I can really feel that today and it’s probably going to get worse as I get out and ride and then mow the lawn…it will probably be an easy day after the ride and mowing…don’t have much to do other than that and I really just want to get the trip started….have to make sure I do my rehab exercises today since I skipped them yesterday and I do need to keep up the healing…not much to do today…just going to wing it but need to watch Man U play at 10 so the mowing will wait til the afternoon….more later….

Well…it’s been a pretty good day but I didn’t get much done other than getting the flu shot and running an errand…I did clean the bathroom today so I’ll have a clean one when I get back…I think I’m having a little reaction to the flu shot but that’s pretty normal…my arm hurts a bit and my neck even hurts on that side but I’ll hit it with some biofreeze here in a bit to see if that will help…I do have everything packed but had to unzip the big part of the case to get my toiletries bag out since I forgot some stuff that needs to go in and I need to put my toothbrush and beard trimmer in…another race on tonight so that will be the entertainment for the evening….now it’s time to take it easy for a bit before the night starts…