Rainy day in London

Despite the weather, we've been up to town to sightsee today - this is because we were due to spend a day with my brother-in-law, John, who lives up in Leicester, and his train ticket was already booked. Of course yesterday and the day before were gorgeous, and today - well, at least it kept the crowds down a bit...

But being good Brits (most of us, at any rate), we didn't let the weather stop us from hopping on a boat down the Thames to Greenwich, where the kids made faces while standing on the Prime Meridian (notice the complete lack of hordes of tourists waiting to have their photos taken on the PM? Bad weather isn't all bad...)

and we wandered around the Observatory looking at various things about time and space.

It was also, as you can tell, extremely foggy at times - barely any view at all from the top of the Observatory hill in Greenwich Park. On a clear day, you can see, if not forever, at least well across to the other side of the river!

All that said, it was actually a highly enjoyable day out with the family, including a nice Italian lunch and a walk around the maritime museum as well...