A Trip to London

My Friends, Eve and Al went up to London to see Eric Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall celebrating his 70th Birthday.  We also decided to Visit the British Museum as Al had always wanted to see the Atrium Roof, an engineering feat of note.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Great_Court

 Lillie Road, Earls Court.  The Hotel Lilly where we stayed is right on the left of the picture.

Bob under his sign!

 The British Museum

Bob and Al in the Atrium

 Inside the Atrium (or the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court)

Eve and Al admiring the roof

 In the Assyrian section. The Assyrian civilisation was centred around modern Iraq dating back to 1st Millennium BC

 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/middle_east/assyrians.aspx

 An ancient Greek Portico

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/europe/ancient_greece.aspx

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/

 Some Roman tessalated pavements in the museum

 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/europe/ancient_rome.aspx

 The German Ship Clock from Augsburg dating from around 1585

 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/a/the_mechanical_galleon.aspx

 Two of the face masks from the Viking Royal Burial excavated at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk dating from the 7th century AD

https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/europe/gallery_41_europe_ad_300-1100.aspx

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/h/helmet_from_sutton_hoo.aspx

The Ringlemere Gold Cup dating back to 1700 to 1500BC

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_ringlemere_gold_cup.aspx

 The Royal Albert Hall where we were due to see Eric Clapton in concert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall

The Albert Memorial in front of the Royal Albert Hall, a memorial to Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert

https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington-gardens/things-to-see-and-do/memorials,-fountains-and-statues/the-albert-memorial

 Andy Fairweather Low and his band was the support act before Eric Clapton came on

http://www.andyfairweatherlow.com/#/tour-dates/

 Eric Clapton on stage

 The whole band.

 http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-eric-clapton-wraps-70th-birthday-concerts-royal-albert-hall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton 

http://www.ericclapton.com/?frontpage=true#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmQqsKmd6Vg