Tim took himself off to see the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace whilst the rest of us went to Greenleaf Baptist Church for the last time before we leave London. The sermon was on the Good Samaritan. We stayed for a cuppa afterwards and a chat with the delightful Edna and Elaine and Peter Nash and Luke enjoyed playing with the kids there. I was delighted to be given a bunch of flowers from the church display, some of which were grown in dear Edna's garden.
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| Greenleaf Baptist Church - re built after being bombed in WWII. |
Then, as is our usual post Greenleaf activity, we walked with Winette
to Lloyd Park for cheap and lovely cappuccinos and for Luke to play
with more kids in the great sand play area there. We must have talked
with Winette for ages because it was 4.30 by the time we got back to the
station.
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| Lloyd Park moat with green algae and pink bacteria! |
The lake in Lloyd Park not only had the green
algae we have noticed in other water around London since the "heat wave"
but the water was a stinky pink colour. The notice informed us that it
was caused by a natural bacteria.
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| So now you know...! |
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| Note gum tree in background! |
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| Summer blooms |
Our intention was to go the big Salvation Army parade down The Mall,
but we'd missed it! We decided to walk through Green Park and past
Buckingham Palace and up the Mall to Charing Cross Station. The Mall is closed to traffic on Sundays so it was fun just wandering down the Mall from the Palace to Marble Arch.
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| Love the Tube poetry! |
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| 8 Wilton Street SW1! Home of Henry Gray - anatomist! |
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| My kind of Hummer! |
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| Relaxing in Green Park |
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| Brilliant gold against the grey sky |
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| Handstand in front of Buckingham Palace! |
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| Wandering down the traffic free Mall toward Marble Arch |
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| Also enjoying traffic free Mall |
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| The Queen Mother (Queen Elizabeth but not Elizabeth I as she was Queen by marriage) and King George VI |
A lovely day to wander :)
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