We went into the Tower and were told that our guid...

We went into the Tower and were told that our guided tour was just about to leave so we headed to the meet point with a few other couples and waited. And waited. Eventually a Beefeater came by and told us that the tour had left and we could catch it up but we decided not to bother and just did our own thing. We started with an exhibition of prisoners in the tower - this covered most of the famous names and showed lots of graffiti (actually, incredibly ornate carvings rather than our modern idea of graffiti) and details of who was executed when. I didn't realise that less people were executed in medieval times at the Tower than in the first and second world wars!

We carried on exploring the tower and looking at the views and the ridiculously long queue to see the Crown Jewels before a pause for coffee in the cafe. Once refreshed we headed to the White Tower, the original Norman keep, to see the arms and armour display. This had changed hugely since our last visit many years ago and we spent well over an hour working our way through each floor. The exhibitions were excellent with a good mix of display and interactive areas and everything was well explained and labelled.