London on an April Sunday Pt.5

 Watching the Trooping of the Colour on TV this morning gave me the impetus to get on with posting more on London. I still have 80 photographs from just one day in April
The Trooping of the Colour is a yearly event and I think spectacular
How 250 horses can be trained to behave so well and to think that some of the horses are steered by the riders legs only as they use their hands to play instruments as they parade around Horse Guards Parade in front of the Queen whose birthday they are acknowledging.
I have never seen one horse or one soldier out of place
Our Queen is 85 and Prince Philip 90


Many people do not realise that in all the pomp and circumstance that these are regular soldiers serving in places like Afgh*anistan


We have the added fun of often seeing some of the planes from the flypast as they fly back to base over our home
Well, back to London in April

Here we have left The Mall and are crossing the road to

Trafalgar Square

It seems today that the square is full of demonstrations and protesters of one kind and another.

Many people are sitting watching

in front of The Walker art gallery 

We leave the square walking towards St. Martin in the Fields Church

before walking down the Strand which will be another post

The Winner and My Garden

and the winner is

Susan  of Penless Writer

I am so glad that Susan won this give away as life is very difficult for her at the moment having just lost a dear daughter

Apparently our Spring was the dryest and hottest since records began in 1556

I'll share with you some random photos from my garden from this week. At the moment it is raining and I am sure the blooms are dancing! 

I am sure everything will look fresher and there will be more blooms after the rain which is forecast for tomorrow too

Amy at During Quiet Time

is hosting garden tours

to visit click on the link above and follow instructions

and likewise if you want to include your own garden tour 

London on an April Sunday Pt. 4

Having turned from  Buckingham Palace we are now walking down the left hand side of The Mall.

Here we pass St. James Palace and Clarence House

London homes of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall 

and the Princes William and Harry 

and now we pass this memorial to 

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

At the end of The Mall we go through Admiralty Arch

and into Trafalgar Square

(in the next post)