Where Did The Time Go?????

As a colleague of Winston Churchill once wryly observed - "Winston spent his best years preparing his impromptu speeches."

It seems Churchill once dried up during a speech, so never again was without notes and thorough preparation. When summoned by an aide he was needed in Parliament one day, he roared, "Go away, damn boy! Can't you see I am rehearsing a spontaneous answer to a question!"

On the 10th of July, our long awaited holiday of ten weeks stretched away into the hazy distance. The 14th of September seemed so far, far away.

Today was an easier day. We are both tired after staying in 22 different places, travelling through ten different countries.

Leaving our hotel, a few doors down I again saw this sign.


Dame Ellen Terry was Britain's QUEEN OF THE STAGE and her biographer records that, when she died, people lined the 60 mile journey as her body was returned to London. Her theatrical legacy was continued by her nephew, Sir John Gielgud.

We decided to see Oxford Street. First stop was a big, flash Boot's store, where this friendly, gorgeous girl helped me with some purchases.



Later in the afternoon, we returned to the city, at Covent Garden station, where we wandered through the famous market place.

We also saw this most unusual walkway between two buildings.



An early dinner at Maxwell's had Woodsie smiling.



Then we headed around the corner to the New London Theatre, to see WAR HORSE.


It was a brilliant show, which is coming to Melbourne. But I have seen it first!! The puppetry is mesmerising. It was a fitting finale to our holiday.

Which brings me to ponder the question: WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

Yet when I think back on all the churches, cathedrals, art galleries, museums, arcades, avenues, monuments and memorials, fields, rivers, stone buildings and bridges, parks and parades we saw, the many train tracks, air flights, roads, lanes and highways we travelled, all the fascinating people who took tours, or we just talked with a while, the real question is ... did we do all that in just ten weeks!