Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Before setting off on this England adventure, Joan, a friend of mine in Los Angeles gave me a huge book of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes..she inscribed inside the book to enjoy the adventure..well ever since I've been here it's like an adventure..and the book is really good too!
Now Joan is a big big fan of Sherlocks..She told me to go see the Sherlock Holmes Pub in London. I did go there and took a picture. Its on Northumberland road just off Trafalgar Square, and its so quaint..I think I posted some pics on my myspace.
The writer of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, wrote that Sherlock Holmes lived and worked at 221b Baker Street...
so off to Baker Street I went....
I took the train in to Charing Cross Station then took the underground Bakerloo line to Baker St...the subway at Baker Street has sillouette tiles of Sherlock Holmes all over the place..how cute..yep..I took pictures :)
The original 221b Baker street had been demolished and now in its place is this big building with scaffolding all around it..disappointed, yes, but a few doors up is a museum and store with the faux address of 221b Baker Street...so in I went and saw Inspector Lestrade, donned my sherlock hat and pipe and took a picture with him..hehehe..and before leaving I got a little something for Inspector Joan in Los Angeles..
And what a surprise for me was to find out that Gary Marshall's dad has an original brick from 221b Baker Street..It turns out that he knew one of the guys redeveloping the site and got a single brick with the 221b stamp on it for authenticity..it's sitting on their fireplace...
Joan wants it..ummm...do you think this will be the Adventure of the Missing Brick? hehehe..you'll have to stay tuned for more episodes..
Julie Watson, PI