We first drove to Pembroke Lodge (childhood home of Bertrand Russell) in Richmond Part to join a tour organised by the Richmond Arts Link. Max, a Richmond Park guide, led us to a variety of sites within the park. We walked past an excellent example of a home with a thatched roof. We viewed St. Paul's Cathedral from King Henry VIII's Mound (which, contrary to popular legend, is NOT where he viewed a flare set off when Anne Boleyn was beheaded). No one guessed that the curious cement cylinder was protecting a historic cistern. We walked over remains of the South African Military Hospital built in 1916 for WWI veterans. We saw trees that pre-date the park walls built in 1637. And we enjoyed fabulous views.
We then drove to Wimbledon to Cannizaro House and Garden for a fabulous lunch. Then Cindy drove to the nearby Buddhapadipa Thai temple she had discovered one day while househunting.
We finished this great day by enjoying some well-deserved dessert (polenta lemon cake, a strawberry jam shortbread cookie) at the Orange Pekoe in Barnes.
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Carrie, thanks for this lovely souvenir of a truly lovely day! I so enjoy your company as you are such a trooper and so open-minded and well-travelled. We share a curiosity for history and the Unusual. Yes, the Thai Buddhist Temple is one of the most unusual things in London that almost no one knows about!
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