The weather has finally picked up. We've been pretty busy with our maintenance (which can probably now be defined as 'renovations'!), but in between we've had time for tourist outings. Loving our time here and are now leaving on the 10th May. There's pomp starting to fire up for the Coronation next weekend. Here's some pics....
Weather's nice, guess where.....
London Marathon. It's a huge event with 48,000 runners who mostly finish over a 4 hour period during the afternoon. It's quite something to see....
Video of marathon at the end of Westminster Bridge....
Canaletto in the National Gallery....
Which is the same view as I took in Venice, with the hotel from our first night the building just past the domed church.....
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Pomp practice near Horse Guards at the back of St James Park....
Very noice - had the raspberry one...
Lunch in the Duck and Dog, a tiny historic pub in Fitzrovia, note the lovely tiling.....
Oxford Street pomp now flying....
St James Square (near us) is a fantastic spot for lunch....
National Gallery - their little blurbs on each picture are great and add to the visit....
Seurat's 'The Bathers' - much bigger than you think....
Brushwork on kids head, he touched it up years later when he came across the combination of coloured dots which together make the colour pop.....
Vincent - haven't seen the crabs before.....
Set lunch just around the corner - South Indian - very yum....
At the front on the top of a double decker red bus - heading down Piccadilly toward Piccadilly Circus....
More pomp....
I liked this little fella in Leicester Square - they have statues of cinema figures all around....
We've seen three shows so far - the theatres are all so small and elaborate....
Piccadilly Arcade with minor-pomp, note curved glass shopfronts (1909)....
Looking up Regent Street Saint James's....
H's of P....
The Embankment on the south side of The Thames opposite the H's of P. It is now a huge memorial to Covid victims in the UK. The red hearts and provided and people write on them....
Inside the renovated Battersea Power Station, now a shopping centre in various turbine halls, plus apartments above....
Battersea Power Station from the front. They renovated the four iconic towers....
We completed our walk around Chelsea (that we didn't finish last week) - such an interesting area - lots of historic references including where famous people lived. Ian Fleming wrote Casino Royale in a flat on the left. Dylan Thomas and the fictional George Smiley drank at the pub in front (Henry VIII drank in an earlier version of it)...
Brompton Cemetery. Very atmospheric. Once a private facility in the country to service London - now surrounded by Chelsea. Beatrice Potter used to live nearby and named her characters after names on gravestones (eg. Peter Rabbett; Mr McGregor and Mr Nutkins)....
Vivien Westwood and Malcolm McLarens shop famous in the punk era (called Sex from 1974) - where the Sex Pistols met etc. Surprisingly far down the Kings Road near the Worlds End public housing estate (where Joe Strummer lived and wrote 'Londons burning and I live by the river')....
An old dairy in Chelsea - note cows heads and tiled murals....
Large parish church in Chelsea (about 1820). A very early gothic revival building, just before the Victorian Era made it far more popular - where Dickens was married ...
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ReplyDeleteCity Walks with Steve, love it. Should be a full-time tour guide.......
ReplyDeletePOMP, POMP & MORE POMP! Love all the Britishness and how wonderful for you both to be there for such a momentous occasion in British Calendar. I am sure there will be lots of celebrations on the day - watchout for the high flying PIMMS glasses and low flying CORGIS! You certainly have gotten around the city, even with your water drama - I am sure it will all come together well and you won't have to do a thing for another 20 years! Your dining out looks delicious - I do love a good British Pub lunch and have taken note for when I am there end of May, I will miss you both by 12 days! That dosa looks huge and the flavours of a good Thali are perfect on a drizzly London day. Great you are still getting out and about. Enjoy Londontown. Corfu is starting to warm up now, thank goodness. Surprisingly still chilly at night and even more rain during the day. Only 6 days until Nicholas arrives. Yay! We are looking forward to seeing the girls and some sunshine.
ReplyDeleteAt least you are both keeping fit while enjoying the streetscapes. I am enjoying the pics as we have not seen as much of London as this!
ReplyDeleteI luv a good walking tour Steve,especially finishing front seat atop
ReplyDeletea double decker red bus!!!!🌠🎆
All great shots and so very British....Anthony
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, London really is a pretty good city if you don't need to be slogging out a career there......
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