After taking a couple of photos of Little Ben I walk back around the corner to Vauxhall Bridge Road and walk down towards Pimlico. With my route mapped out I veer right into Upper Tachbrook Street which becomes Tachbrook Street and its here that I find the Queens Arms pub and decide its time for a break and a couple of well earned pints, I feel as though I have been walking for hours. Its pretty quiet inside, the dinner time crowd have left, a table of four are finishing up and a couple sit on a table in the corner. Bar is pretty well stocked with the usual suspects, a couple of craft beers on tap and a couple of cask ales. As its quiet I end up chatting to the assistant manager. Three pints later it's time to continue my journey. I turn right out of the pub and first left onto Belgrave Road, down to St George's Square before I arrive at my final destination, Pimlico Gardens. It's home to Westminster Boating Base, but the purpose of my visit is to see the statue of William Huskisson. Huskisson was a British Statesman in the late 18th and early 19th century but is more commonly known as the first reported person to be killed by a train when he was hit by Stephenson's Rocket on the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway.
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