Houses of Parliament |
The Palace at Westminster |
Houses of Parliament, Westminster |
Looking spruce - fresh gold paint and the flag flying proudly |
Demonstrators outside Westminster - democracy at its best |
Something to say |
...and again |
Our hotel, St Athans, as part of a typical London terrace |
The Bloomsbury Cafe, beneath St Athans, where we breakfasted each morning |
Mahatma Gandhi statue in Tavistock Square |
London Tube |
London Tube |
London Tube |
Philip, London Tube |
London Tube |
Big Ben |
Everyday street scene |
English icons |
The Queen is happy to meet a tourist |
Diamond Jubilee brollies |
Diamond Jubilee paraphernalia |
The Thames Embankment |
The Thames and London Eye |
Monument to the Battle of Britain and the London Eye |
London rental bikes |
Kensington Gardens |
Seen in Kensington Gardens |
Keeping watch over Kensington Palace |
Victoria Revealed |
Kensington Palace gates |
Kensington Palace, understated by most European standards |
New visitors entrance, Kensington Palace |
Kensington Palace entrance detail |
Grand marble staircase, Kensington Palace |
Queen Victoria's wedding dress, part of "Victoria Revealed" Kensington Palace |
Display, part of "Victoria Revealed", Kensington Palace |
Queen Anne's lost babies, part of "A Royal Ruckus" |
Words everywhere |
Newspaper display, part of "The King's State Apartments", Kensington Palace |
...and more |
...and more |
Appearing on a wall, part of "Victoria Revealed", Kensington Palace |
..as you watch,this appears |
... and then this, to begin all over again |
Kensington Palace gardens |
Kensington Palace gardens |
The Orangery, Kensington Palace, a lovely cafe and restaurant |
Sir Philip Game? No, part of "Victoria Revealed" at Kensington Palace. |
Princess Diana's dress, part of "Remembering a Princess" |
Popular picture at Kensington Palace {PG} |
The Lime Walk, Kensington Palace |
Bloomsbury Square |
Bloomsbury Square |
Flying high |
Patriotism on show |
British Museum |
British Museum |
British Museum |
British Museum |
British Museum |
Fine hanging clock |
Fine sign |
Miles of Victoriana |
The Thames |
The Thames |
Grand Victorian hotel in Bloomsbury |
Wapping - our favourite pub revisited |
Hangman's noose outside the Prospect of Whitby |
Upstairs in The Prospect of Whitby |
Natural History Museum |
Natural History Museum |
Natural History Museum |
Riding up into the bowels of Earth |
What will we find? |
Natural History Museum |
A final note - still an official drought, despite flooding rains! |