Day 12 - Planes, Planes and more Planes

Thanks to everyone who has sent us an email or left comments in our Blog.  We do appreciate them and read every one of them.  Its always nice to hear from back home.   After getting home late last night from the Lion King we had a sleep in this morning and a late breakfast.  For our Last day in London, we headed off on the tube to the RAF Museum at Hendon. The museum is the official Royal Air Force collection of aircraft, and they have a collection of over 100 planes and helicopters.  They had everything from Spads and Sopwith pups, to Spitfighter, Hurricanes and Lancaster  Bombers to the latest Eurofighter.  The boys (and I) thought it was great.  Mazz, well, she was very patient and endured about 4 hours until we had seen enough planes.  - The pictures tell the best story . . . .

Afterwards, we headed back to the Hotel for a short rest before heading out for Dinner.  We ate at a pancake restaurant called "My Old Dutch", - The pancakes they served were absolutely huge and very delicious.  Mazz and I shared one, while the boys shared another.  As we stepped out of the restaurant, it started raining.  This time it was coming down hard, torrential like.  It wasn't long until the roads were underwater and the footpath flooded.

After heading back to our Hotel, we still had one more thing to do in London.  Attend the Tower of London Ceremony of the Keys.  This the oldest, continuous running military ceremony in the World.  . This is when they lockup the Tower at night.  It happens at 10:00pm every night, and has occured every night for the last 700 years.  Attendance is free, but is by ticket only - We had to book our tickets three months in advance.                                                                                       "Halt, who goes there." - "The Keys" - "Whose Keys?" - "Queen Elizabeths Keys" - "Pass Queen Elizabeths Keys, All's Well".  Overall the ceremony goes for about 15 minutes.  A nice way to end our Time in London.