on friday we left to visit my parents. a nice straightforward drive and we made good time. yummy tea awaited us too 
Dad shew BB and subsequently the other girls the qbitz game, which they all enjoyed.
The next day we went to windsor castle. the royal standard was flying, so the queen was there. FrB was very hopeful she might see her. although expensive, thereis a lot to see, and we were wandering round for over 4 hours. We loved the dolls house, the state rooms were magnificent, and it was a warm and sunny day – all perfect . the girls had their photos taken with the queens guard.
afterwards we went into a tourist shop to spend money, cafe rouge for an exceptionally late lunch! and the sweetie shop for some old fashioned sweets before returning home to play more games, eat more food and generally enjoy mum and dads company.
we spent another lovely evening playing games together, and the girls watched some tv. The next day we went to Burnham Beeches for a walk on our way home as the weather was so lovely. It is a remnant of ancient woodland, and has many native english trees, but predominantly beech, and also a stream to play in.
oh, and it had somewhere that sold icecream!
She could see the queen if she comes to london for the state opening of parliament. 3rd June.
http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentwork/offices-and-ceremonies/overview/state-opening/public-sequence-of-events/
Although this is not entirely correct. The 41 gun salute is in green park not hyde park. We used to forget about it when we first started going and be walking through St James’ park then the guns would go off and it was a big shock.
As curious London tourists you may enjoy this blog. This taxi driver highlights lots of interesting things often missed http://blackcablondon.wordpress.com/.
might pencil in state opening of parliament on our google calendar – thanks