RADD Race - The Little Mermaid

On this day 100 years ago, Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's sarcophagus. I took you to an event which should have been inside the British Museum but the Tutankhamun Curse struck again and caused us to be locked outside due to strike action. After that, it was onto the Portland Hospital with geochild for shoulder surgery. 🤕

Dim Sum lunch near Baker Street followed by a clean up of some non-smiley face icons around Angel and Islington. Weather still lovely for London in Winter. 👼

I thought I’d find an old virtual cache today so you took the train to Kings Langley in Hertfordshire. The village is associated with various Kings as far back as William the Conqueror. One of the scenes in Shakespeare’s Richard II was set at Langley Palace. Ancestors of U.S. President Jimmy Carter with the Carter surname lived in village 1361–1588. Also, original English factory for Ovaltine was here. I finished with a walk to nearby Hunton Bridge settlement because Hunton was the surname of my first love so I felt I should visit. The things we do. 🏰

I was in London and needed a virtual for my calendar so this one celebrating phone booths and letterboxes was convenient. London cachers were not given any Virtuals in the latest hand out because we already have too many Virtuals here. So HQ gave then to non locals who promptly placed them in London anyway. Fair enough, there’s lots to see here but don’t penalise those of us who live here. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I needed to visit Petersham and so continued onto Kingston Upon Thames to finish off some caches. Historically, Kingston lay on the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, until King Æthelstan united both in the early tenth century to create the kingdom of England. Several Saxon kings were crowned there including Kingston: Æthelstan (925), and Æthelred the Unready (978). 🤴🏻