Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK A celebration of 20 & 50 years UK Travelogue - Day Two 19-05-2011

1. Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years
London
Day One - Thursday
London, Heathrow
19 May 2011

2. Shortly before our
arrival into London
we were roused for
breakfast. Pretty
yummy too!
The flight over the
Pond was
uneventful… like
every flight should
be. That said, if
you’re gonna fly to
the UK, we strongly
recommend 1st
Class.
THX again Cin-Chow!
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years

3. Hello London!
Thru customs, baggage, and out to the
Hoppa busses; we were back in ‘pack mule’
mode. Now to find the bus to the hotel.
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years

4. The Hoppa Bus dropped us at the
Ramada Jarvis Heathrow. Front
door service.
Walking thru the doors revealed
THE BAR! “Two cold ones, my
good friend!”
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years

5. Let’s find a pub!! Figuring we’d
find a pub near the hotel, we just
started waking. Half a mile down the
road we found The Jolly Waggoners
pub on the Waggoners Roundabout.
Uh…not so much.
We walked back toward the hotel to
see if there was anything in the other
direction. Desperate for a cold one,
we stopped into VII Restaurant
across the street from the hotel.
Eh…not so much.
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years

6. The gang at the hotel suggested that we head over to The White Hart. So we
walked the half mile and, boy, there was a lot of fun had there on our first night
and we made a bunch of new friends: Alison (the cat lady), Gary (the bartender
from Edinburgh), and Mary (the funny blonde bar maid).
After laughing, joking, and drinking with them all evening our sides hurt!
Reubie found Tennent’s to be about his speed, as for me Strongbow is even
better fresh from the tap.
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years

7. When Gary and Mary
found out how much I
liked Strongbow cider,
they literally loaded me up
with TONS of Strongbow
SWAG they had left over
from a Halloween
promotion last fall.
Posters, buttons, a huge
bar-mat, a glass, fangs,
and wolfman wigs and
gloves. Seriously!
Wolfman wigs and gloves!
Reub and I paraded
around the pub wearing
them for a big laugh.
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years

8. Details of anything that happened later that evening are a little foggy…
We staggered back to the hotel, had dinner, and promptly crashed in bed for the night.
… and that is the story we are sticking with.
Nanc & Reubie’s Trip to the UK
A celebration of 20 & 50 years