UK Trips Sept 2015 and Jan 2016
In September of 2015, I went to Reading, just west of London for a week and in January of 2016, I returned for another week. Due to my actually having to work some, I did not get a chance to do too much sightseeing but I have been in and about the London area a lot.
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In Reading, we stayed at a nice old hotel on the Thames River. Forty miles away in central London, the Thames is very wide, with a lot of ship traffic. In Reading, the Thames is pretty narrow, maybe about 100 feet wide. It is surprising the big change in such a short distance.
We did walk around Reading at night to see some old neighborhoods and pubs. This inn had rooms right above the pub, but when you opened up the windows for some cool air, you heard the pub noise all night.
I saw some old friends on both trips. They drove me around some, we went west to Abbey Wood and down to Crawley.
