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I walked from home to the Sherlock Holmes Pub, near Charing Cross / Embankment. Just before I arrived I passed by (through?) an old favourite of mine - The Ship and Shovell - a pub in two halves.12:48:11
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Here we all are at lunch in the Sherlock Holmes.13:50:07
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Later on, Erika and I on the tour of the Sherlock Holmes museum.16:00:28
Me and Erika in the museum.16:00:30
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This was Holmes's bedroom.
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A rather startled looking chap.16:10:58
A couple of chaps peering down through a trapdoor in the ceiling.16:12:38
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Moriarty.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles?16:15:54
Erika and Sherlock Holmes.16:16:30
Sherlock up close.16:16:38
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Vera used to have one of these old fashioned carpet cleaners.16:20:07
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Erika trying on a deerstalker.16:38:14
After leaving the museum we went for a stroll across Regents Park. I thought the band stand here with the wispy clouds behind it made for a nice shot.
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Erika sitting on a railing.16:52:27
Crocuses.16:52:55
Wild cherry?16:53:39
Erika on the bridge to the Japanese gardens in Regents Park.
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Erika eating popcorn!17:02:12
The waterfalls.17:02:31
Erika and the waterfalls... with her popcorn.
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Take it easy.17:37:26
The other side of Regents Park, we often used to pass this statue on our way to the zoo, and Erika would sometimes ask me about it. I didn't know the actual story behind it but guessed it was a fisherman's wife looking out to sea for the boat to come back.