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1.p London 22.3.-27.3.2003

From Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, to Ashlee House, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1.

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The illustrious class 1p from Vallensbaek HF is on time and ready for adventure....

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so are Per and Jan.....

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and Bodil.

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at the gate.

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The flight gave unusually clear views of Denmark, Northern Germany, Holland with Amsterdam, and London itself.

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Piccadilly Line goes right from Heathrow to King's Cross - that's the idea, anyway....

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It was quite crowded on the train.....

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and w hen we got to Holborn the train simply stopped, and we decided to walk the rest of the way, via Southampton Row and Theobald's Road.

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Our first glimpse of the Victorian style - Sicilian court - perhaps the 1890s - ?

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immediately followed by Modern buildings

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There are MANY classical pubs in that area. Gray's Inn Road

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The Georgian style is characterized by regularity and simplicity

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--and elegance

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whereas this is full of fancy

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An exotic Russian name on this 19th century shop-front - but even the matresses once for sale had fallen asleep

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There are at least 7 houses here -

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- a close-up of four of them

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Calthorpe Community Gardens
There were no people about on this sunny afternoon - maybe they were all at the big anti-war demonstration in Trafalgar Square, which we only heard about later.