Birthday Trip to London Tuesday 4th -Friday 7th November 2025 by Train

On 4th November went to London with Jacqueline on Train from Penzance to Waterloo to meet up with my Felsted school friends from Windsor House – Graham and Mark for a catch up after over 50 years. Met in the Lamb and Flag followed by a nice meal at Parsons a fish restaurant.

Picture of us in 1971
Poor snap of us now

On 5th November had an meeting near Hatton Garden followed by a walk and shopping in Oxford Street in the evening met up with our friend Viv with some fizz in her brother’s apartment overlooking the London Eye followed by a Lebanese meal nearby.

View from the apartment

On my birthday on 6th November went to the Walky Talky building or sky view, however needed to book 3 weeks before! Went onto the Battersea Power to have a walk around. After took the Uber Boat back to accommodation which was a lot more comfortable to see the views along the Thames than The Great River Race that I did a few years back with PNPGC. Arrived back at the London Eye near the accommodation in Waterloo

Battersea Powerhouse
View of Battersea Powerhouse from uber boat
Video of London buildings from the Thames
Houses of Parliament
Big Ben in sight
Back at location near accommodation

Went back to accommodation to freshen up before going out for a quick pre- theatre meal before going to St Martin’s Theatre to watch the Agatha Christies ‘Mousetrap’ which was great and reminded our trip to Loughborough for our murder mystery dinner on a steam train outlined earlier.

St Martin’s Theatre
Jac’s and me outside St Martin’s Theatre

On 7th November took train back to Penzance’s.

Sunday 26th October 2025: Warm up C2 RowErg followed by Strength, Core and stretch session

Quick 2km warm up row followed by an extensive strength session with core and stretching as follows:

plenty of stretching on back, hamstrings, ankles, neck, arms after a number of core exercises in addition to the plank and crunches

Friday 24th October 2025: WattBike ride on the Fulgaz Netherlands route followed by strength and core session

Nice fast WattBike ride on the Fulgaz Dutch route through the countryside and into towns. After that did a short core and strength session on the Garmin app but trying to operate it correctly

Thursday 17th October 2025: PNPGC Race night Men v Ladies teams

Good uptake of places tonight to get two boats out with ladies in lighter Rhos and men in heavier Morladron for a racing session. In men’s boat cox: Barry 6: Trevor 5: Ant, 4: Steve, 3: Chris, 2: Glenn, 1: Me

In Ladies 6: James, 6: Jemima 5: Sally 4: Tina, 3: Ho 2, Wendy, 1: Michele. They swooped around

The men won 4-1 in rough seas. After down the Longboat for a few drinks 🍻