London without rain gear ? Really!

Summer visits to London run 50:50 weather wise.  Cold and rainy or gloiously warm and bright blue skies. Luck is on our side, as rain gear remains in our bags. 

Dukes, on St James, oozes townhouse charm and is within an easy walk to everything we've planned on the north shore of the Thames. The Royal Academy's annual Summer competition, a Liberty stop & maybe ear candling in Chinatown.

With the World Cup excitement, competing with the Queens birthday celebration weekend, traffic is at all but a standstill. At Tralfalgar Square, a giant blue rooster overlooks a wild Brazilian fete. The evening view of the Thames from Golden Jubilee bridge of the London Eye & Westminster is a reminder of how magical London can be.