The Amazing Race London 2010
I'm back! And it was such a whirlwind trip that I wish I could just hop on a plane next week and go there all over again!
For all you sceptics who thought I couldn't do it, yes I managed to reach each and every one of the places in my Amazing Race itinerary (plus a few more I added in after discovering them here!) Photos will come soon but here's what was on the plan and what I actually did each day:
What's on the Amazing Race Plan
What I really did
Day 1: Saturday 21
Aug
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Palace of Whitehall
Horse Guards Parade Changing of the Guard
Duke of York Column
Crimean War Memorial
The Mall: Marlborough House, Clarence House, St James's Palace
Proclamation Gallery, Queen's Chapel
Victoria Memorial & Buckingham Palace
London Victoria Station + Little Ben
Hard Rock Café
Apsley House + Wellington Arch + Royal Artillery Memorial
Serpentine Lake + Peter Pan Statue
Round Pond
Kensington Palace
Elfin Oak + Diana Memorial Playground
(Leinster Gardens)
Portobello Road
Notting Hill Travel Bookshop + Blue Door
(Trellick Tower)
Paddington Bear at Paddington Station
Sherlock Holmes + Royal Academy of Music
Gordon Ramsay's Nonna's
Cumberland Terrace
Millennium Bridge
Tate Modern
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Arch
Cenotaph
Palace of Whitehall
Horse Guards Parade Changing of the Guard
Duke of York Column
Crimean War Memorial
The Mall: Marlborough House, Clarence House, St James's Palace
Proclamation Gallery, Queen's Chapel
Victoria Memorial & Buckingham Palace
London Victoria Station + Little Ben
Hard Rock Café
Apsley House + Wellington Arch + Royal Artillery Memorial
Serpentine Lake + Peter Pan Statue
Leinster Gardens
Paddington Bear at Paddington Station
Sherlock Holmes + Royal Academy of Music
Gordon Ramsay's Nonna's
Cumberland Terrace
Millennium Bridge
Tate Modern
Day 2: Sunday 22
Aug
Seven Dials
Palace Theatre
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Arch
Holy Trinity Sloane Street
Saatchi Gallery
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Riverbank to see Battersea Power Station
Chelsea Barracks
MI6
MI5
St John's, Smith Square
Victoria Tower Gardens
Westminster Abbey
Palace of Westminster
Cabinet War Rooms
RAF Memorial + Battle of Britain Memorial
London Eye
Fortnum & Masons
Savile Row
BBC Broadcasting House
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Market
Belgo Centraal
(Cleopatra's Needle)
Seven Dials
Palace Theatre
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Market
St Paul's Church
The Rock & Sole Plaice + Scoop
Holy Trinity Sloane Street
Saatchi Gallery
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Chelsea Barracks
Battersea Power Station
MI6
MI5
Victoria Tower Gardens
Palace of Westminster
Westminster Abbey
St John's, Smith Square
London Eye
Cabinet War Rooms
RAF Memorial + Battle of Britain Memorial
Piccadilly Circus + Fountain of Eros
Fortnum & Masons
Savile Row
J.D. Wetherspoons at London Victoria
Day 3: Monday 23
Aug
Oxford Circus
Brown Hart Gardens
Marble Arch
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Cleopatra's Needle
St Mary-le-Strand + Bush House + St Clement Danes
Royal Courts of Justice
Temple Church
St Dunstan-in-the-West
Monument
London Stone
Tower of London
Tower Bridge Bridge Lift
St Katharine Docks
BBC Broadcasting House
Oxford Circus
Abbey Road Zebra Crossing
Marble Arch
Selfridges + Pierre Hermé Macarons
Brown Hart Gardens
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Cleopatra's Needle
St Mary-le-Strand + Bush House + Façade of disused Aldwych Station
St Clement Danes
St Dunstan-in-the-West
London Stone
Monument
London Bridge
London Overground
Docklands Light Railway
Tower Bridge Bridge Lift
St Katharine Docks
Il Bordello
Day 4: Tuesday 24 Aug
St Paul's Cathedral
Paternoster Square
Old Bailey
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
Postman's Park
London Wall
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Mansion House + Temple of Mithras
St Mary-le-Bow
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Leadenhall Market
St Paul's Cathedral
Paternoster Square
St Bride's Church
Old Bailey
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
Postman's Park
Remnants of
London Wall at Barbican
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Hay's Galleria
HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge Lift
Remnants of London Wall at Cooper's Row
Tower Hill Memorial
Trinity House
Belgo Centraal
Mansion House + Temple of Mithras
St Mary-le-Bow
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Leadenhall Market
KFC
Day 5: Wednesday 25 Aug - Museum Day
AA School of Architecture
British Museum
King's Cross Station + St Pancras Station
National Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Southwark
AA School of Architecture
British Museum
Russell Square
National Gallery
Westminster Cathedral
Hard Rock Café + The HRC Vault
Day 6: Thursday 26 Aug - Music Day
Abbey Road Crossing
Harrods
Hyde Park Barracks
Albert Memorial + Royal Albert Hall + Imperial College + Royal College of Music
BBC Prom #54 with Gil Shaham playing the Barber Violin Concerto
Half Reserve Day: Buckingham Palace & Westminster area
Lincoln's Inn Fields
King's Cross St Pancras
Liverpool Street Station
Leadenhall Market
Royal Exchange
St Mary-le-Bow
St Mary Alderney
Twinnings First Shop
Atari-ya
Kensington Gardens + Kensington Palace + Round Pond
Elfin Oak
Diana Memorial Playground
Albert Memorial
Royal Albert Hall
Royal College of Music
Imperial College London
Royal Albert Hall + BBC Prom #54
Zizzi's
Day 7: Friday 27 Aug
Southwark
Borough Market
Tate Modern
Reserve Day: National Gallery
Aviation House
Land Registry Building
Lincoln's Inn
Charles Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop
Somerset House
Tower Lifeboat Station
Roman Baths at Strand Lane
Tower Bridge
St Magnus the Martyr
Old Billingsgate Market
Southwark Cathedral
The Golden Hind
The Clink
Borough Market
Hop Exchange
Imperial War Museum
St Martin-in-the-Fields
National Gallery
Nando's
Day 8: Saturday 28 Aug
Portobello Road again?
Reserve Day
St Clement Danes (to see the RAF Tengah, Seletar, Changi colours)
The V&A Museum
The Natural History Museum
Albert Memorial
Hyde Park Barracks
Harrods
Special Zone 1997
Chinatown Gate
Piccadilly Circus + Fortnum & Mason
Portobello Road Market + Notting Hill Blue Door + Travel Bookshop
Trellick Tower
The Globe
Tate Modern
Belgo Centraal
Day 9: Sunday 29 Aug
Reserve Day
Buckingham Palace Changing of the Guard
Westminster Cathedral
Vinopolis
Liberty & Co.
St Paul's Cathedral Organ Recital
Westminster Abbey Organ Recital
§ Tags:
all around the world
§ Location:
Singapore
For all you sceptics who thought I couldn't do it, yes I managed to reach each and every one of the places in my Amazing Race itinerary (plus a few more I added in after discovering them here!) Photos will come soon but here's what was on the plan and what I actually did each day:
What's on the Amazing Race Plan
What I really did
Day 1: Saturday 21
Aug
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Palace of Whitehall
Horse Guards Parade Changing of the Guard
Duke of York Column
Crimean War Memorial
The Mall: Marlborough House, Clarence House, St James's Palace
Proclamation Gallery, Queen's Chapel
Victoria Memorial & Buckingham Palace
London Victoria Station + Little Ben
Hard Rock Café
Apsley House + Wellington Arch + Royal Artillery Memorial
Serpentine Lake + Peter Pan Statue
Round Pond
Kensington Palace
Elfin Oak + Diana Memorial Playground
(Leinster Gardens)
Portobello Road
Notting Hill Travel Bookshop + Blue Door
(Trellick Tower)
Paddington Bear at Paddington Station
Sherlock Holmes + Royal Academy of Music
Gordon Ramsay's Nonna's
Cumberland Terrace
Millennium Bridge
Tate Modern
Charing Cross
Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Arch
Cenotaph
Palace of Whitehall
Horse Guards Parade Changing of the Guard
Duke of York Column
Crimean War Memorial
The Mall: Marlborough House, Clarence House, St James's Palace
Proclamation Gallery, Queen's Chapel
Victoria Memorial & Buckingham Palace
London Victoria Station + Little Ben
Hard Rock Café
Apsley House + Wellington Arch + Royal Artillery Memorial
Serpentine Lake + Peter Pan Statue
Leinster Gardens
Paddington Bear at Paddington Station
Sherlock Holmes + Royal Academy of Music
Gordon Ramsay's Nonna's
Cumberland Terrace
Millennium Bridge
Tate Modern
Day 2: Sunday 22
Aug
Seven Dials
Palace Theatre
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Arch
Holy Trinity Sloane Street
Saatchi Gallery
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Riverbank to see Battersea Power Station
Chelsea Barracks
MI6
MI5
St John's, Smith Square
Victoria Tower Gardens
Westminster Abbey
Palace of Westminster
Cabinet War Rooms
RAF Memorial + Battle of Britain Memorial
London Eye
Fortnum & Masons
Savile Row
BBC Broadcasting House
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Market
Belgo Centraal
(Cleopatra's Needle)
Seven Dials
Palace Theatre
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Market
St Paul's Church
The Rock & Sole Plaice + Scoop
Holy Trinity Sloane Street
Saatchi Gallery
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Chelsea Barracks
Battersea Power Station
MI6
MI5
Victoria Tower Gardens
Palace of Westminster
Westminster Abbey
St John's, Smith Square
London Eye
Cabinet War Rooms
RAF Memorial + Battle of Britain Memorial
Piccadilly Circus + Fountain of Eros
Fortnum & Masons
Savile Row
J.D. Wetherspoons at London Victoria
Day 3: Monday 23
Aug
Oxford Circus
Brown Hart Gardens
Marble Arch
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Cleopatra's Needle
St Mary-le-Strand + Bush House + St Clement Danes
Royal Courts of Justice
Temple Church
St Dunstan-in-the-West
Monument
London Stone
Tower of London
Tower Bridge Bridge Lift
St Katharine Docks
BBC Broadcasting House
Oxford Circus
Abbey Road Zebra Crossing
Marble Arch
Selfridges + Pierre Hermé Macarons
Brown Hart Gardens
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Cleopatra's Needle
St Mary-le-Strand + Bush House + Façade of disused Aldwych Station
St Clement Danes
St Dunstan-in-the-West
London Stone
Monument
London Bridge
London Overground
Docklands Light Railway
Tower Bridge Bridge Lift
St Katharine Docks
Il Bordello
Day 4: Tuesday 24 Aug
St Paul's Cathedral
Paternoster Square
Old Bailey
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
Postman's Park
London Wall
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Mansion House + Temple of Mithras
St Mary-le-Bow
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Leadenhall Market
St Paul's Cathedral
Paternoster Square
St Bride's Church
Old Bailey
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
Postman's Park
Remnants of
London Wall at Barbican
St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Hay's Galleria
HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge Lift
Remnants of London Wall at Cooper's Row
Tower Hill Memorial
Trinity House
Belgo Centraal
Mansion House + Temple of Mithras
St Mary-le-Bow
Bank of England
Royal Exchange
Leadenhall Market
KFC
Day 5: Wednesday 25 Aug - Museum Day
AA School of Architecture
British Museum
King's Cross Station + St Pancras Station
National Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Southwark
AA School of Architecture
British Museum
Russell Square
National Gallery
Westminster Cathedral
Hard Rock Café + The HRC Vault
Day 6: Thursday 26 Aug - Music Day
Abbey Road Crossing
Harrods
Hyde Park Barracks
Albert Memorial + Royal Albert Hall + Imperial College + Royal College of Music
BBC Prom #54 with Gil Shaham playing the Barber Violin Concerto
Half Reserve Day: Buckingham Palace & Westminster area
Lincoln's Inn Fields
King's Cross St Pancras
Liverpool Street Station
Leadenhall Market
Royal Exchange
St Mary-le-Bow
St Mary Alderney
Twinnings First Shop
Atari-ya
Kensington Gardens + Kensington Palace + Round Pond
Elfin Oak
Diana Memorial Playground
Albert Memorial
Royal Albert Hall
Royal College of Music
Imperial College London
Royal Albert Hall + BBC Prom #54
Zizzi's
Day 7: Friday 27 Aug
Southwark
Borough Market
Tate Modern
Reserve Day: National Gallery
Aviation House
Land Registry Building
Lincoln's Inn
Charles Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop
Somerset House
Tower Lifeboat Station
Roman Baths at Strand Lane
Tower Bridge
St Magnus the Martyr
Old Billingsgate Market
Southwark Cathedral
The Golden Hind
The Clink
Borough Market
Hop Exchange
Imperial War Museum
St Martin-in-the-Fields
National Gallery
Nando's
Day 8: Saturday 28 Aug
Portobello Road again?
Reserve Day
St Clement Danes (to see the RAF Tengah, Seletar, Changi colours)
The V&A Museum
The Natural History Museum
Albert Memorial
Hyde Park Barracks
Harrods
Special Zone 1997
Chinatown Gate
Piccadilly Circus + Fortnum & Mason
Portobello Road Market + Notting Hill Blue Door + Travel Bookshop
Trellick Tower
The Globe
Tate Modern
Belgo Centraal
Day 9: Sunday 29 Aug
Reserve Day
Buckingham Palace Changing of the Guard
Westminster Cathedral
Vinopolis
Liberty & Co.
St Paul's Cathedral Organ Recital
Westminster Abbey Organ Recital
§ Tags:
all around the world
§ Location:
Singapore