London Tuesday September 9th 2014

[Diflower]

9 more sleeps!

[Ally]

8 now!

[meriad]

and counting!!!!!!!

[Kaz]

[Ally]

7 sleeps!!

[Diflower]

Entrance price is £20 - it says £22 but that includes a £2 donation.

I did look at using Tesco clubcard vouchers, but it's a bit late to be sure they'd arrive, plus people online say it's quite a queue to change the voucher for a ticket...easier to just turn up and pay I reckon.

Prices at the cafe etc don't look too bad at all, especially for baguettes and things, so lunch there might be a good idea? - we're going to want quite a while there, aren't we?
http://www.hrp.org.uk/Resources/NewArmo ... ay2014.pdf

Ooh getting sooo excited

[miasmum]

I didnt realise you had to pay to see the poppies?

[Diflower]

Actually Mm I'm not entirely sure, was in a bit of a hurry and then my visitor arrived, intended going back to have a proper look at the website

[Kaz]

I just had a look at the Tower website, and although I have heard that the poppies are viewable from outside the Tower, from Tower Hill for example, I think we'd want to make a proper visit of it wouldn't we? As you said Di get a bit of lunch there and maybe look at a few of the other things they have there

I think buying the ticket on the day is probably the best idea, the online ticket is £20.90 so hardly worth it really

I am really looking forward to this

[Ally]

I also agree about being there for a while - my whole idea of going to London in the first place was to see the poppies and know I would've wanted to be there for a couple of hours at the very least.

I adore all round the Royal Palace and Tower of London..to be going with some VVers is just the icing on the cake.

The great thing about this is we have lots of time before we have to meet Bb and Ria - we can just please ourselves and have a lovely day.

Then things get even better when we head to Paddington to meet the others.

I am soooo looking forward to it.