Royal Park tour.

This week we ran for two hours through the central london parks ie Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, St James's Park and Green Park. Inevitably, there were many distractions:



We marvelled at the ultra bling style of the Albert Memorial,



Risked life and limb to get this picture of a coloured drain cover in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner gyratory system ,



Spent a very emotional 5 minutes with Len from New Zealand, recounting his current trip to find the grave of his Great Uncle who fought in the First World War - this memorial is for all of the New Zealand soldiers who fought for Britain in the two world wars,



Wondered what this sign could be about - beware headless shadow boxers ?



Turned away persistent admirers who seemed determined to present us with garlands of flowers,



And sat down at the end for a rest and to enjoy the Indian Summer (the term possible originates from raids on European colonies in America by Indian war parties; these raids usually ended in autumn, hence the extension to summer-like weather in the fall as an Indian summer.)

Time for a long lay down ...