John was driving up from the coast,
to Steve and Kai's home, Steve, John and myself were going to visit a few tropical fish shops in Essex,
it was a nice day,
as I walked to Steve's home, the trees now bare of leaves,
I passed Cator Park where football was the order of the day,
we were soon hurtling towards the Dartford Bridge,
but going north we used the Blackwall tunnel,
totally irrational, I always seem to worry about what would happed if the Thames should ever break through the tunnel walls, we had a grand time looking around 4 shops and garden centres, before making our way back to Steve's home,
Steve had made a small purchase and once safely housed we were off,
to Miso in Beckenham for our evening meal, Steve and Kai,
John and myself, 'Cheers!',
Steve very kindly dropped me off at the tennis courts, so a short walk home, I just beat Diana to a coffee at home where it was feet up for a Midsomer Murder, looking at the television schedule they had been showing episodes back to back on Saturday evening, and luckily this was one of many we had not watched before, after which we were off to bed.
Blackwall Tunnel? It's a few miles further upstream from Dartford.
ReplyDeleteThe tunnel is in East London at a place called Popular, below are a couple of links about it:
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https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp640-645
in digging the tunnel they turned up an elephant's tusk, and a human skeleton with a stake through the middle, (I am not sure if there was a police investigation!), best regards, Stan and Diana.
The place name is Poplar, not popular.
ReplyDeleteNote to self, never trust spell checker!, many thanks for correcting the name, best regards, Stan and Diana.
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