At 9am we got on the coach and headed up the M3 towards South-West London - Destination: Twickenham (the biggest rugby-only stadium in the world).
After spending time in the Rugby Store (and almost missing the right entrance to the stadium), the group assembled and commenced their tour of Twickenham (aka"Headquarters") at the top of the South Stand.
It's hard to imagine that this was once known as "Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch".
Jeep Morrison took a closer look at the work of the Twickenham field crew.......
..... and the players decided to count the petals on the England Rose (15)......
....before bidding farewell to HQ, we checked the wind direction from the famous weathervane high above the North Stand (which has Hermes/Mercury, the messenger of the gods, showing how to pass the ball properly at speed!). After some desperate last-minute purchases, the squad got back onto the coach and headed into London.
At 3pm we arrived and split into groups with chaperones, and headed off on a planned walking tour of London SW1. Along the way the groups visited/passed famous landmarks, such as: The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, the (original and best) Hard Rock Cafe, The London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, Whitehall and Trafalgar Square.
"Steven. Who's that woman behind you, and is that her house?"
One last picture at Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, before heading off to a budget dinner in Panton Street, and then it was back to the coach and Wokingham.
After spending time in the Rugby Store (and almost missing the right entrance to the stadium), the group assembled and commenced their tour of Twickenham (aka"Headquarters") at the top of the South Stand.It's hard to imagine that this was once known as "Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch".Jeep Morrison took a closer look at the work of the Twickenham field crew............ and the players decided to count the petals on the England Rose (15)...... ....before bidding farewell to HQ, we checked the wind direction from the famous weathervane high above the North Stand (which has Hermes/Mercury, the messenger of the gods, showing how to pass the ball properly at speed!). After some desperate last-minute purchases, the squad got back onto the coach and headed into London.At 3pm we arrived and split into groups with chaperones, and headed off on a planned walking tour of London SW1. Along the way the groups visited/passed famous landmarks, such as: The Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, the (original and best) Hard Rock Cafe, The London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, Whitehall and Trafalgar Square.
"Steven. Who's that woman behind you, and is that her house?" One last picture at Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, before heading off to a budget dinner in Panton Street, and then it was back to the coach and Wokingham.Robert Jordan & Richard Jordan
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