Day 19

Today's tourist stop was The Tower of London, this is the old school castle thing built by William the Conquerer 900 odd years ago and was a prison through the years, King Henry 8 also knocked off a few of his wives here, a pretty harsh history here actually. Though it gives you a real insight into how rich and respected the British monarchy has been when you see a 530 carat diamond was used in their royal sceptre and the amount of bling on their crowns. Yes, the tower also houses the crown jewels, impressive really and the vault door is rather thick, they must be worth a bit! After a good look around and guided tour of the Tower we walked back along the Thames and then caught a train to Birmingham to catch up with Grundy and Becky. The old fast train was pretty sweet, only a 70 minute train ride. Did a fair amount of catching up into the night...