Today I am grateful that all our children are on the way to join us.
David and I spent the day at Greenwich awaiting their arrival.
We saw the Cutty Sark which is a Britishclipper ship. It was built on the River Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, coming at the end of a long period of design development, which halted as sailing ships gave way to steam propulsion. It is now a museum ship.
After looking over the Cutty Sark we climbed the hill up to the Royal Observatory and learnt all about The Meridian Line. The meridian line in Greenwich represents the Prime Meridian of the world, Longitude Zero (0° 0′ 0″). Every place on the Earth is measured in terms of its angle east or west from this line.
Since 1884, the Prime Meridian has served as the reference point for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The line runs across the courtyard of the Royal Observatory and was adopted by international agreement to the irritation of the French who continued to use the Paris meridian. From www.royalparks.org.au
It was actually really interesting learning about time and navigation.
When we came back to London we met our children. It is very special to be all together again.
Until next time
