London Day 2 a fry up, Ships And Rugby

  London Day Two:

We sort of slept in this morning for a bit. Then we made our way to the district line to the Putney Bridge station. Across the street from the entrance, one finds the Rivercafe, best described as a greasy spoon with a very good fry up. What’s nice about the Rivercafe is you can order what you want. There are set plates but you can customize your order.

Lynn had eggs, bacon and toast. I had bacon, beans on toast, hashbrowns and tomatoes. All was excellent. I would highly recommend this out-of-the-way café for a great breakfast experience. 

I must add that the staff is very friendly and welcoming. We will be returning probably even before this trip is over.

From Putney bridge we made our way to Tower Hill, where we transferred onto the DLR and made our way to Greenwich.

In Greenwich, one finds the Maritime Museum. We have visited it many times, but always enjoy returning.  I find the Polar exhibit very interesting as well as the section on Lord Nelson. 

We were able to experience a lecture on the  spice trade brought about much exploration of sea trade routes. 

I am always in awe of Turner’s Battle of Trafalgar painting.

We then went to the Temple tube station where our London Walks tour on rugby started. This is a special tour designed to enhance one’s experience on the sport and game of rugby, it’s history, as well as it’s in a relationships into the UK’s culture, specifically highlights of London.

This was a most enjoyable experience and we ended at the Rugby Tavern for a pint. My head is still spinning from this most enjoyable walking tour. There was just so much information that I cannot even begin to recap it here.

Back to our hotel via the underground and calling it a night as it is late for us right now.

The Rivercafe 

I thought the wooden stairs at Pitney Bridge station were interesting

Shackleton

Nelson’s coat, note the musket ball hole in the left shoulder

A cabbie shelter, typically they are open just mornings

Web Ellis , the founder of rugby, was a vicker here

Here Mick Jager learned his business skills 

It was in this pub rugby separated from soccer as a sporting game

Here is a corner of 8 acres donated to the Rugby School starts. The land is still owned by the Rugby school and earns rent to this day from this property