England Trip Chronology

A lot of people have been asking for an account of the family's trip to England last summer. I plan to post each day under its appropriate calendar date, but this may take awhile. In the meantime, here is a rough chronological outline - sort of an index.

June

• 13 Bus 2:35 am; Depart LAX 6:05 AA Flt 136
• 14 Arr LHR 12:25 PM; Jenkins Hotel Russell Sq.
• 15 Churchill Museum; Guys & Dolls
• 16 British Museum; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• 17 The Tower of London; Courtauld Institute
• 18 Hire Car @ LHR; Milford Hall, Salisbury
• 19 Evensong @ Salisbury Cathedral
• 20 Salisbury Museum; Devonshire House, Bath
• 21 Roman Baths; Bizarre Bath
• 22 Museum of Costume
• 23 Scarper Tour to Stonehenge
• 24 Sheepscombe House Snowshill
• 25 Original Sightseeing Bus Tour of Stratford-Upon Avon; Royal Shakespeare Company Twelfth Night
• 26 More Stratford-Upon-Avon
• 27 Warwick Castle; Avon Guest House Warwick
• 28 Alton Towers; Alton Towers Hotel
• 29 Alton Towers; Big Blue Hotel Blackpool
• 30 Blackpool Pleasure Beach; MYSTIQUE
  

July

• 1 Hadrian’s Wall; Battlesteads Hotel, Wark
• 2 Beamish Outdoor Museum; Alhambra Ct. Hotel, York
• 3 Evensong at York Minster
• 4 Original Sightseeing Bus Tour of York
• 5 Jorvik; York Castle Museum
• 6 Return car; Rhodes Hotel, Sussex Gdns
• 7 Underground Bombed; “Archer” Pub for lunch
• 8 Walked to V&A and Harrods
• 9 Greenwich by Boat, abortive bus tour; The Producers
• 10 Legoland Windsor
• 11 Mary Poppins
• 12 British Museum, St Paul’s
• 13 Depart LHR 1:35 AA Flt 135; Arr LAX 4:40 PM 14