2015.6.27 今次暑假旅程又開始了，六月底出發，機票早三個月趁便宜買定的。因是新開航缐，所以特別便宜，大約4500元，不過要在北京轉機，然後飛往巴黎。又是貪便宜，沒有太多預先計劃，後來才發現在法國自駕，巴黎故之然多餘，兼不切實際，但如要往外跑，每個景點自駕時間都較長，恐怕會過於疲憊。於是不如加插英國之旅，所以行程第二天幾乎都是花在交通上－由法國去英國。
從香港傍晚乘機往北京，先遇上延誤，到達北京機場應該趕不及轉機。幸好，同機還有一些香港人同一目的地－巴黎。一下機即趕去transfer desk 取下程登機証，怎知居然關了，那時，完全不知可否趕及轉機及怎取登機證。還好，走近去一看，原來貼上告示，通知該班機亦延誤致早上五時，但問題是怎拿登機證，遇見其中一對年輕情侶，問他們是否都要取登記證，他們竟說不用，我以為他們全程Air China, 原來不是，他們都是先港龍後 Air China. 但我們就沒有boarding pass. 真氣人。最後我們一家人都先出境，再入境，行李可check thur. 只有hand carry。先入境，再出境，就比較容易，而且凌晨機，機場也不繁忙，就如是這，再到counter 取了boarding pass. 阿仔就這樣體驗了人生第一次瞓機場。
坐下午一時的Eurostar往London 。
終於到達St Pancreas. 阿仔特別興奮。
接着，即時乘倫敦的士往酒店。今次住在London east 即 City of London 的Ibis 約 gbp 100
Check in 後即往附近的Old Spitalfields Market 閒逛．
然後再在Liverpool Station 走走，此站是Crissrail 重要的一個交匯站。
Travelling Information
Day 1
1. British Museum
2-3 hours visit
http://www.britishmuseum.org/
Fri 10:00 - 20:30
Sat - Thu 10:00 - 17:30
2. London Eye
3. Covent Garden
Day 2
4. Buckingham Palace
5. House of Paliament
http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/tours-of-parliament/
- Mandarin 1.40pm and 4.15pm
- Adults: £25
- Children (5-15 years): £10
6. Westminster Abber
Day 3
7. St Paul's Cathedral
8 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
9 Tower of London
2-3 hours visit family price 57.40
http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon
Sun - Mon 10:00 - 17:30
Tue - Sat 9:00 - 17:30
10 Tower Bridge
11 National Gallery
1-2 hours visit
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/plan-your-visit-here
Fri 10:00 - 21:00
Sat - Thu 10:00 - 18:00
12 Borough Market
Wed - Thu 10:00 - 17:00
Fri 12:00 - 18:00
Sat 8:00 - 17:00
13 The Shard
14 Canary Wharf
15 Big Ben
16 Brinklane Market
Flea and food market on sunday 8:00-15:00
(http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/markets.htm)
17 Oxford Street
Smithfield Market: London Central Market (meat market)
18 Columbia Flower Market
19 Camden Lock Market
20 London Zoo
21 Little Venice
22 St Paul Catheral
23 Westfield Stratford City
| Monday - Friday | 10am - 9pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 9pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 6pm |
24 LEGOLAND Windsor in the UK, 10-5pm 104.85
25 Alton Towers GBP134.55+hotel GBP113.00 THEME PARK 10.00-17.00 WATERPARK 10.00-18.00
26 Selfridges & Co
400 Oxford Street
London
W1A 1ABMonday 9.30 - 21.00
Tuesday 9.30 - 21.00
Wednesday 9.30 - 21.00
Thursday 9.30 - 21.00
Friday 9.30 - 21.00
Saturday 9.30 - 21.00
Sunday 11.30 - 18.00
Stonehenge
27 Cheddar Gorge http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/plan-your-visit/how-to-find-us
28 Natural History Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ 10.00-17.50 free of charge
29 Jurassic Coast http://jurassiccoast.org/visiting-the-coast/gateway-towns
30 Woburn Safari http://www.woburnsafari.co.uk/plan/finding-us/
31 London Pass or Oyster Pass
32 Battersea Tower
33. Science Museum
10.00 to 18.00 (last entry 17.15)
Our main entrance is on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.
33 Cotswolds
Hill Barn Farm: Lavendar
Snowshill
Broadway
Worcestershire
WR12 7JY
Snowshill
Tisanes Tea Rooms
Cotswold House, 21 The Green,
Broadway, Worchestershire
WR12 7AA
tel 01386 853296
Open daily fr 10am - 5 pm
The Marshmallow Restaurant & Tea Room
High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56OAT
tel 01608 651 536
Snowshill Manor and Garden
Bibury
famous in trout farm
most beautiful village
Arlington Row
Stow on the world
Bourton on the Water
The Slaughters
Tetbury inside which HighGlove (belongs to Prince), Prince lives here.
Huffkins
利用空擋去逛了一下這間店 是我臨走前媽媽給我的伴手禮 他說非常好吃 果不其然
在Cotswold 創立於1890年 著名傳統甜點烘培店 在Burford, witney, Stow-on-the-wold都有分店
有下午茶，麵包，熟食，跟Take way還有禮品跟果醬
Hackney, London
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/interactive/2012/jul/03/london-riots-london
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/environment/crossrail_2_threatens_another_georgian_terrace_in_dalston_1_3916099
this is very important to state that Crossrail make this place for station
Crossrail 2 threatens another Georgian terrace in Dalston
09:58 14 January 2015
This row of terraces in Hackney is under threat by Crossrail (photo: Arnaud Stephenson)
Georgian buildings in Dalston could be demolished under plans to build Crossrail 2.
This row of terraces in Hackney is under threat by Crossrail (photo: Arnaud Stephenson)
The row of houses at the corner of Kingsland Road with Dalston Lane could be under threat should the rail line go ahead in 2020.
The listed Bliss beauty salon opposite, the Leyland industrial building and car park in Bentley Road, and several buildings nearer to Ridley Road market including the Italianate Natwest building have also been earmarked as being “of surface interest” in the by the £20billion plans which could connect Hackney to central London in nine minutes.
This means they could be knocked down to make way for stations, ventilation and emergency access shafts, tunnel portals (where trains reach the surface), maintenance depots, for temporary construction purposes, or where tunnels will be shallow and buildings may need to be protected against ground movement during construction.
TfL and Nework Rail are currently consulting on safeguarding buildings they might need to build the route which would link Wimbledon and New Southgate with Tottenham Hale via central London.
Once safeguarded, the Government can issue directions to local planning authorities to protect land needed for long term infrastructure projects from developments that would prevent them being built or make them more expensive.
Founder of conservation campaign group OPEN Dalston, Bill Parry-Davies, who is currently fighting in the High Court to save a row of Georgian houses nearby in Dalston Lane from demolition by Hackney Council, believes it would be “part of the decimation of the character of the area” should any other Georgian buildings get knocked down.
“Dalston is being changed into this really bland transport hub,” he said.
“The trouble is it’s going to blight the area, because nobody knows whether to invest in their property and bring them up to standard because no one knows if it will be compulsorily purchased.”
Following a consultation last year, TfL has still not announced whether it plans to implement the original 2013 plans for Crossrail 2 route and build two stations in the borough in Dalston and Hackney Central, or whether it might opt for one or the other to save up to £1bn.
Michèle Dix, TfL’s managing director of planning, said: “A route for a new railway line through Dalston has been safeguarded since 1991 in the form of the Chelsea Hackney Line.
“This safeguarding has included the row of properties on Kingsland Road, adjacent to Dalston Junction station to provide an interchange with London Overground services.
“The proposals for Crossrail 2 follow essentially the same route in this area therefore the same row of properties will remain safeguarded.
“We try to ensure that disruption to existing businesses and residents is kept to a minimum with areas of existing safeguarding maintained wherever possible.”
Any residential or small business landowner who experiences difficulty selling a property due to the Safeguarding Directions, may be able to make a claim for statutory blight, meaning TfL would purchase the property at the current market value.
The consultation ends on January 29.
http://www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com/the-market
http://www.columbiaroad.info/
http://manhattanloftgardens.co.uk/stratford-city/
Stratford’s abundant and expanding connections by underground, overground, road and rail make it one of the best-connected areas in London and Europe.
With Stratford Station being re-classified from Zone 3 to Zone 2 in 2016, the proximity to W1 and the city centre sees journey times cut by almost 50%.
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has recently been extended to connect to Stratford. It links direct to London City Airport, with its daily flights to over 30 destinations including Zurich and New York.
The arrival of the ambitious Crossrail development in 2018, will connect the west and east sides of London entirely and provide complete connectivity across London. Trains will travel from Heathrow right through to the West End, the City of London, Canary Wharf and out to Essex and Kent.
