One of the things we did when we were in London (oh yeah, my youngest brother and I went to London and Paris last week) was to go on a walking tour called “The Beatles in my Life Walk“. It was pretty interesting – we saw things like the apartment where Ringo, John, Yoko and even Jimi Hendrix lived at some point, the church where Paul and Ringo were married (not to each other!), and of course, Abbey Road.

Our guide turned out to be one of the biggest (but not craziest) Beatles fans around. Richard Porter has not only met and knows some of the Beatles, he is an author, a consultant on the Hard Day’s Night DVD, and president of the Beatles London fan club.

Abbey Road
Unfortunately, the road and crosswalk outside Abbey Road is way too busy most of the time for anyone to attempt to recreate the famous Beatles album cover, although people certainly have tried. At a minimum, the Abbey Road Studios have put up a webcam so you can see the famed spot in real time. If you take a look at the webcam, you’ll notice some leaves in the top right hand corner. Those are from the tree right next to it. When I spotted the camera, it was the first thing that I thought of – it killed not to be able to jump up there and move those leaves out of the way. It just goes to show how much the Abbey Road employees actually watch the webcam. Hmm… maybe I should just send them an e-mail and see how long it takes them to fix it…