Kensington Gardens, 08:30 - superb weather - perhaps it will improve...
Serpentine, Hyde Park, 08:59 - the annual Peter Pan Swimming Race about to begin
09:05, Serpentine, Hyde Park - aaaand it's all over... looks cold, doesn't it...
09:10 Hyde Park Winter Wonderland - having a day off.
mmore winter wonderland
...and more
...and yet more, but nearly to Hyde Park corner.
even closer to Hyde Park Corner...
pretty, isn't it - still not to the corner yet...
09:25 - past the corner, on Constitution Hill, and heeeere's Wellington!
09:35 - the gates to St James' Park - Buckingham Palace is right behind me.
09:40 - Queen Victoria is sitting under that angel
09:41 - Buckingham Palace! Ta-dah!
09:42 - yeah yeah
09:47 - Admiralty Arch
09:50 - Trafalgar Square - my destination
09:51 - bugger, I'm an hour early, what do I do? Nice lion...
09:52 - Trafalgar Square - cool, no? Still raining...
09:53 - another lion
09:54 - yes, ANOTHER - there ARE several, you know...
09:54 - a fountain
09:54 - more fountain
09:55 - why there are fountains
09:55 - what do you think the public use might be???
10:04 - still raining
10:09 - well at least I keep finding things to look at
10:10
10:10 and a bit, god I'm bored...
10:12 - OK, interested again... (short boredom span)
10:40 - no, it's still not 11:00
10:40 - still 10:40
10:41!
10:42 - that bloke on the horse (Charles II) marks Charing Cross
still guard, fidgety horse
The Banqueting House - Charles I was hanged on this spot
the \horseguards
That's No. 10 Downing Street in the background
horseguards parade ground
horseguards road
