{"id":16033,"date":"2026-10-09T12:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=16033"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:44:51","slug":"london-to-ilkley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/london-to-ilkley\/","title":{"rendered":"London to Ilkley"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 1 was our full day of London tourtist-ing. We started off walking to Borough Market<\/a> for cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e donuts, the same thing we did last time we were in the UK<\/a>. This tine we weren’t going for a big lunch at River Cafe<\/a>, so we also got a cinnamon roll and an almond croissant. And a latte and a mocha.<\/p>\n

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My donut – enough creme that it pushed up the caramelized sugar when you bit in<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mark’s – I think it has just as much creme but on the opposite side from where he bit in, so it didn’t displace the sugar topping<\/p><\/div>\n

We walked along the Thames to get to the Market, and then walked back to get to the Tate Modern for the Frida Kahlo show. The night before, walking to the Globe we had discovered the  easy way to cross the river, coming out of the underground and using the train platform, but we crossed nearer Big Ben this morning.<\/p>\n

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Churchill & Big Ben<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Ben missing its tip – obviously photographed by a short person<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Ben with the back of a random tourist’s head<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mark’s pic of me taking a pic of Big Ben – my hair looks as good as two years ago<\/a>, my body looks bunchier<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Ben no tourists<\/p><\/div>\n

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Under London Eye<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t