Sherlock Holmes Museum

Monday 28^th May 2012

The weather was again excellent, clear blue sky and temperature in the high 20’s.

Domestic duties required this morning so we went to the laundrette to do some washing.

First sight seeing event for today was a trip on the tube to Baker Street. 221b Baker Street is where the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson lived. Took photos of us wearing the trademark Holmes deerstalker hat, pipe and magnifying glass sitting in his chair.

Abbey Road Crossing

We then walked past Lords Cricket Ground to Abbey Road in St John’s Wood to see the Abbey Road recording studio and the foot crossing made famous by the Beatles on the cover of their Abbey Road Album. Took photos walking across the crossing. The local motorists appear to dislike the tourists walking back and forth across the crossing continuously taking photos and holding up traffic.

St Martins Theatre

Back on the tube to Oxford Street to look at some shops, then onto our hotel to get changed, have a light dinner and set off on the tube again for the theatre. After a short walk across Leicester Square we arrived at St Martin’s Theatre to see Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap”, now in its 60^th year and the world’s longest running stage production. The show was great and the theatre very ornate however the legroom was very cramped, certainly not made for tall people like us. The play was excellent, commencing at 7:30pm and ending at 10:00pm with an intermission. Great day!