May 25th, 2009
On Saturday, we went along to Chelsea Flower Show in London with our friends Steve and Russell. We arrived at around 10am having walked from the Crowne Plaza hotel on Buckingham Gate where we were all staying for the weekend. Entering through the gates, the memories of my last visit came flooding back. With the sun shining and it being the last day of this particular RHS flower show the crowds were out in force.
One of the best things about the Chelsea Flower Show is that no babes in arms or children under five are allowed. As a result you were hard pushed to find anyone under thirty years of age. We spent the next couple of hours walking round the site, getting acquainted with the layout, taking in the show gardens and smelling the flowers in the main pavillions.
At 12 noon, because we had previously booked a table in the Rock Bank Restaurant, we took our seats for a three course lunch and bottle of champagne. We were overlooking the main avenue and were quite close to the BBC broadcasting stand so had a great position for people watching throughout our meal.
Having finished up, the afternoon lay ahead with many more show gardens to visit.
It had started to cool down around 3pm when we took a break in the picnic area for a glass of Pimms or two!
We left the show just before the final day sale of exhibits started at 4pm.
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