Well, another rotation in Africa is done - that must mean.......

[Strider]

That I got to get the hell outta there and spend a day in London on the way home!

WHOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Got checked in and took the underground for about an hour and a half and hit the RAF MUSEUM.

Very cool!



Ate a lamb burger at the restraunt there - spicy but good - tasted it all afternoon.  This place is worth the visit if you get over this a-way.

They had a PERFECT ME-109....




And a ME-262.....



A perfect P-51



Then I went back to central London and walked over to St Paul's Cathedral....WHAT A PLACE!  Walked inside and got to hear the choir and part of a sermon - awesome!





After all, I always consider this a ROAD TRIP - and you know what that means......

FOOD!  I think I may need to write a visitors guide to Fish and Chips in London!



Then, on the way back, you know I had to stop here to get a picture!!!!! 




Anywho, I am on my way HOME!!!!!!  Safe winds to everyone going home from the GOTF!!!!  Sure wish I could have been there.

Now, I gotta go back to the board and check out the pictures from the GOTF! 

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Well crap    I was going to post that you need to walk the 500+ steps to the top of St. Pauls. it's a great view of London. Maybe another time.

[RP#62]

Great pics!.  Thanks for sharing. It been a while since I had Speckled Hen.
-RP

[Kendall]

And that your heading home... Great Pics!!  Take Care Brother

[Nickster]

Hey Strider,
   Now that your heading home does that mean your gonna be home for Inzane in Colorado.  Me and my dad are riding down from Alaska and was sure hoping to see you there bro.
Take it easy and welcome home
AkNickster

[Strider]

Afraid not bro!  I sure would like to see you and your Dad (and Mom and Girlfriend) again.  With my rotation, it looks like I am going to miss everything.  We are laying people left and right, I just gave my field staff a 50% uplift cut on their day bonus offshore, looks like I am going to take about a grand cut in pay - and with the economy right now - just glad to still have a job.

I got a feeling that the Country Manager is going to be told at the regional level to make us work 35-35 instead of 28-28 (it will save a plane ticket per year - round trip).  I really got this feeling it is going to come down....when Halliburton shows a 38% drop in revenue during the last quarter of last year.

If that happens, I will lose the Blue/Gray ride as well.....

I ain''t mentioning it....but I got a funny feeling.

You guys and girls have safe winds getting to IZ bro!!!!!  It was awesome sharing fellowship last time in Colorado with you folks....don't get no better.

Who knows what will happen between now and then though.