Even more pleased with the free eye-mask & earplugs
Wow! A free bottle of mineral water and a plastic glass!
And embossed soap!
Cheers!
G'night Dad!
Arrived: London Euston 7.45am
Bacon rolls for breakfast at Euston Station
Strolling through Russell Square en route to The British Museum
Cool shop
The British Museum
Trying to sneak into the British Museum
Fabulous Queen Elizabeth II Great Courtyard
The stairs outside the Reading Room
The Lion of Knidos
Head of Amenhotep III
Hoa Hakananai'a- a moai (Easter Island statue)
Chinese Temple roof tiles
Vast marble statue of the Buddha Amitābha in a stairwell
The Mummy Room!
The Mummy Room!
You can't beat a real skull
Lion Panel, Processional Way to Babylon Ishtar Gate
The Royal Game of Ur (an ancient game of two gameboards found in the Royal Tombs of Ur in Iraq by Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1920s. They boards date from the First Dynasty of Ur, before 2600 BC, making the Royal Game of Ur one of the oldest board games found
The Oxis Treasure 200BC
The Mold Gold Cape A unique ceremonial cape of gold, made during the Early Bronze Age, around 3,700 years ago. The cape is regarded as one of the finest pieces of Bronze Age craftsmanship and gold-working technique in Europe.
A skeleton
Ish & Al smirking at a naked bum on a statuette
A replica of the Sutton Hoo helmet
The Frank's Casket- intricate ivory carvings.
The incomparable Lewis Chessmen
Ish & Al peering in at the Lewis Chessmen
Lewis Chessmen
Lewis Chessmen
Queen Elizabeth II Great Courtyard
The Portland Vase: best known piece of Roman cameo glass and has served as an inspiration to many glass and porcelain makers from about the beginning of the 18th century onwards.
The Freedmen Heads (Marble funerary relief from Ancient Rome)(& Ish and Al)
Some ancient geezer with a beard
Great staircases
Cool wall-carving
Horse statue from Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Elgin/Parthenon Marbles frieze
The Rosetta Stone
The kids have been learning about this at school
We were sure we'd seen these 2 in Night At The Museum...
Queen Elizabeth II Great Courtyard
Queen Elizabeth II Great Courtyard
Queen Elizabeth II Great Courtyard
Stairwell
Lindow Man. 2,000yr old bog body
Lindow Man
Stairwell
Underground Escalators Tottenham Court Road
Poster for Muhammad Ali exhibition at The O2 London who coincidentally died that morning, aged 74.
Waiting for the DLR
The O2 across the Thames from the DLR
Arriving at Stratford for the AC/DC concert
Stratford
Approaching the Olympic Stadium, Stratford for the AC/DC gig 4/6/16
Under the awning of the adjacent Aquatic Centre
Olympic Stadium, Stratford
The ArcelorMittel Orbit Tower- a viewing tower with the world's soon-to-be-completed, longest (178m) slide tunnel. The kids want to go back!
2 regular AC/DC fans at the stadium
Ready for the gig
Devil horns at the ready
View from our seats
Stage
Group shot
From the top of the stairs - we were sat at the bottom.
6-portrait photo stitch
6-portrait photo stitch (unedited)
Breughel meets Lowry..
...with a touch of Hieronymus Bosch!
Devil horns 1
Devil horns 2
Devil horns 3
They're on!
Video clip of 'Sin City' live (fragment)
Video clip of Ish & Al singing along to 'Highway To Hell':
Leaving the concert
Heading for the train
Waiting for the train
Sunday morning, London Underground
Just hanging around
Meeting Uttom at the Natural History Museum
In front of the Natural History Museum
Entrance
Like a cross between The Kelvingrove and Rosslyn Chapel
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