Friday we took a boat to Greenwich to straddle the prime meridian and pay homage to John Harrison. John Harrison was the engineer who actually created an accurate clock/instrument to measure longitude. He was a mere "engineer" and not "scientist" though and it took years for the English establishment to give him the credit he deserved. This is detailed in the book, "Longitude," which Don recommends. The Greenwich Observatory is on a hill and has fantastic views. I took lots of pictures from the boat and the views from the observatory. We also have pictures of us straddling the meridian. Don took this opportunity to reset his chronometer to an accurate time as well. Afterwards, we went to a Greenwich pub--picture of it is included-- and had some more good curry. That evening we went on a ghost tour. It was an o.k. tour and we walked around the business district, which is the oldest part of London. Much of the original buildings were destroyed during the great fire, though. We saw some old graveyards and some ancient Roman walls. For the most part though, it was boring because the guide did not tell any real ghost stories. I didn't take any good pictures because it was at night. We did take one picture--the one of the ancient Roman wall above--where people have seen ghosts in their photographs. See any?
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