anyway, the day i’ll start with was a two days ago for me – a wednesday. i began the day at the national gallery just off trafalgar square.
wasn’t allowed to take any photos inside at all – bah. but i did get to have a look at the rokeby venus by velazquez, van gogh’s sunflowers, some gainsboroughs, a caravaggio and lovely monets (paintings by the way). i do have to say, as lovely as most of them are if i didn’t see one more religious painting i wouldn’t be too sad about it. ha!! but it gave me some other ideas for the kid’s series i’m still working on… blah blah blah. after exiting here i took a few pics of trafalgar.
then a walk through the admiral arches to the mall.
the deckchairs are out in st james park all through the summer and you rent them. i love the idea. mind you, being empty at the moment they just look like an art installation that reminds everyone wistfully of summers past.
and look what gets closer as i move up the mall…
check out the view from the palace – you can see the eye – hadn’t considered that before.
that was all the pictures i took this day. had to tube back to ealing before heading east to liverpool street to catch an overland train to chelmsford. i stayed the night with a glorious friend and her husband, louise and lorne. and i didn’t take any pics. a whole lot of talking and laughing going on. just lovely people.
up at a reasonable time after being smothered by this ginormous doona. i kid you not, it was at least 15cm thick. after another chat with lorne,(louise by this stage had gone off to school - think highschool teacher, not school uniform) who then dropped me off to catch the train back to liverpool street and then to ealing.
even though i really couldn’t afford the time, still so many things to see and do, i had a slack day. had an early lunch in ealing, wandered the shops, bought another book (i’m not quite sure how many i’ve gone through on this trip), and then read some. trish and stuart were leaving work early so we could head up north to a place just out of oxford.
that was a lot of fun as well. went to this estate called woodperry – just beautiful. t&s are friends with steve, the games keeper there – doesn’t that sound old fashioned, and very english, but yes they still do exist. we went for a walk around the property, not too close to the main house though and i do apologise for the sun in one of the shots when i’m at the back of the house.
this is one of the cottages next door – they rent this out in the summer. i much prefer it to the larger one.
the gardens out back.
a lovely meal at the local pub before the hour drive back to london.
p.s. there have been a few bloody cold days and nights here. i wasn't really prepared clothes-wise, but i'm coping. just. so can i stay?
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