Tuesday 6^th May 2014

Weather today was sunny with some light cloud. Temperature was a warm 20°. Fortunately, the predicted rain showers did not eventuate.

After breakfast we set out on the tube to North Greenwich where we saw the 02 Centre (formerly the Millennium Dome) then walked to the Emirates Cable car and did a return trip across the Thames. The cable car is 296ft above the river at its highest point. The views of the city and surrounds were great.

View of O2 Centre from Cable car

The Cable car

We then hopped onto a bus for the short trip to Greenwich, where we walked around to the dry dock that houses the “Cutty Sark” for a tour of the ship.

She is a very famous and fast clipper ship, which carried tea and other cargo around the world, including wool from Australia to the UK. A full restoration of the ship started in 2006 and, after being damaged by fire in 2007, she is now open to the public once again.

Cutty Sark

After a light lunch we set off on foot for the short walk to the National Maritime Museum. The museum has some excellent exhibits including the Uniform coat Vice Admiral Lord Nelson was wearing when he was shot and killed on board the “Victory”. The coat still has the bullet hole in the left shoulder.

National Maritime Museum

As we were feeling a bit weary by now we caught the Docklands Light Rail and then the tube back to our hotel before making a trip to the laundrette to do some washing.

Final stop for the day was the nearby Corus Hotel for a great dinner - lamb cutlets for both of us followed by panacotta for Lynne and Sago pudding for me.