Thu, 29 Aug 2002

author Tim	location London, England
posted 07:53 BST	section Europe2002/Europe/UK/England/London/London 1 ( all photos )

A trip to Farnborough ( 4 photos )
Yesterday saw us take a trip to, as the title implies, Farnborough. It's not too far from Beckenham where we are staying - about twenty minutes bus ride further south.
There were a couple of reasons we went - first was to detour via Bromley and sample some cold pork sausage rolls which have been high on Liz's memory list since I've known her. We had a great lunch of these and a punnett each of strawberries and raspberries - yum!
The next reason was to have a look at the house where Liz's mum Margaret grew up, and then pay tribute to Margaret's parents at the cemetery. It's a very nice place, and quite memorable on the lovely day that yesterday was.
On the way back from there, we decided we should check out how the local drinking establishments were. My first warm pint was experienced in the form of a London Ale. Great stuff! Not as bad as the concept might seem - it was more lukewarm than warm.
Today will be another slow-starting day, before probably heading into London after lunch for a bit more of a look around, then we are meeting up with good friend Jade Chin. She and I did quite a bit of Uni work together, and she has been in London for a couple of months now, living at Elephand & Castle.

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