The Paralympic marathon route runs right outside of our hotel. We originally planned to take a hop-on hop-off (aka HOHO) bus around London and Westminster, but the bus was not running today because of the road closures for the marathon. Instead, we took advantage of the complete lack of London vehicle traffic and walked around the City and Westminster. As we were walking the strangely calm streets of London, we took the opportunity to watch the wheelchair marathon as the competitors passed by.

In the evening, we met up with Lucy (my dad’s cousin) and family who graciously invited us to dinner at their home in/near Islington. Mark prepared a very tasty “very full tart”. It was great to be able to meet more of my extended family.