ABC Wednesday - L is for London

L is for London and I guess G is for Gherkin  - here's the skyline of the City of London with the famous " Gherkin" building - a somewhat distinctive sight ..

Officially 30 St.Mary Axe in the City of London the 591 foot high building was designed by Lord Foster and completed in December 2003.

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PhotoHunt - Lazy

This is a lazy sunny Sunday afternoon in St. James Park, London

The spring in the South of England this year was very wet and cold and this was the first weekend of the summer with decent weather. Thousands of people came out to the parks and gardens to enjoy the weather and just to laze around in the sun.

This oasis of calm is only a few feet away from Buckingham Palace and all the heavy traffic of the capital. Just the place for a lazy afternoon.

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London - Train, Bridge, River

London is an extremely busy place - with thousands of visitors arriving each day to work in or to view the tourist attractions of the capital.

Here a train crosses the River Thames heading for one of the major stations.

London - Flags

These colourful flags were on display when we viewed the capital from an open top bus.

The nearest is the flag of Scotland but as for the others I'm not sure.

ABC Wednesday - C for Church

This C is the Church where I was married - many many years ago ...... in the early 70's 

This photo taken in 2008 - St. Stephen's, Westminster, London

We had a nostalgia trip and went for a nose around the church and surrounding area . Took our now quite old children to see a little bit of our history.

River Thames - Richmond, London

This weekend saw the family down in Richmond, Surrey for a wedding.

Richmond is a very pretty place - the River Thames flows through the centre of the town

Here is the River Thames ..

Nearby can be found Hampton Court and Kew Gardens .. Just a short journey away ..

Central London can be reached by the Underground in about 40 minutes ..

Southern England has had a lot of rain this spring and the fields near the banks of the River Thames are flooded ..

Lots of boats on the Thames - it is possible to take a pleasure boat up into London ..

A nice area !

The streets of London

This Sunday was a warm and sunny day in London and here are a few street scenes taken from the top of a London Transport Tourist Bus.

Waiting for the traffic lights to change ..
The sun brought out hundreds of Londoners and tourists to the streets of the capital. Yesterday was the first fine weekend for some time.

Eros Statute at Piccadilly ..

Another crowded street ..

Trafalgar Square was hosting a Korean Food festival .. !