Hey Guys,
As some of you know the 'le tour de france' came to london on the weekend. It had been something id been looking forward to for a while, in fact ever since i knew i was coming over here. On friday evening after work i headed to trafalgar square for the riders presentation. As i headed down i immediately regretted not bringing my camera with me as i knew there would be a huge crowd. I made my down just as they were about to start. After a short video promoting the race and a few facts about its size etc they presented each of the teams. It was good to see the riders up close that i've been watching on T.V for the last few years. I waited around till that had finished and then a pop band came onto play. They were pretty average however i stuck around and read the paper for abit before heading home. The next day the racing would begin with a 8km time trial through hyde park.
On saturday morning i helped Dan clean the house up abit before i got some keys cut from a place down the road. Matt went to the pub down the road while i took a train to the closest station. I walked into the park and already there was huge crowds three hours before the start. I bought myself a souvenir t-shirt and then found a nice spot along the road to watch the riders warming up. Even as they were warming up the speed they were traveling at was quite impressive. I took a few pics and then found a nice spot on the grass where a big screen was located. For about an hour they had a long caravan of cars which were mostly advertising, people speaking into megaphones, throwing away freebies, girls waving etc etc. They had a few kangaroo cars promoting south australia i think as well. Anyway when that was done and dusted i got to watch some more riders warming up around the course. Then finally the race was on with the riders going by at a furious pace in approximately one minute intervals. After about an hour of hugging the railings with other people in close proximity i headed for the grass and relaxed there to watch the big name riders do their thing. Attempts to meet up with Matt and co proved futile due to the HUGE crowds (least a million came out to watch it) and my phone battery dieing. Still it was a good day out and i enjoyed myself.

On monday i had the day off work so i decided to head off to, yes you guessed it, another museum. This time it was to be the Imperial war museum as Dan had reccomended it and plus im abit of a fan of modern world history. Arrived their around 12ish and was immediately mpressed by the huge guns outside the entrance to the building. In the main hall there was a huge array of different vehicles from world war 1 and world war 2, most of those being tanks. I headed downstairs to the ww1 exhibition. They had recreated a trench that you could walk through which was quite realistic and the conversations from the dummies added to the immersion. The actual info was laid out really well, with plenty of interesting things to look at to go with the boards on topics. They had a 5 min show that ran every ten minutes which recreated what it would be like in a bombing raid in London. After 3-4 hours in there i headed home slightly exhausted however its another place ill have to check out again in the near future. Bye!

Update: For those who are interested, here's a couple of pic's of the two main counter's i've been working on. Note the charcuterie stuff is all wrapped and covered because i took the photo after we had closed, but u get the idea.