London 30 January 2016

Back to London - there is just so much to see and do, it's always new, and old, if you get my drift?

Arriving at Paddington I walked through the streets towards Hyde Park, looking into hidden courtyards just off busy main roads.

And past St James church where they have lunchtime and evening music concerts.  I'm not into organised religion in any way but I do love the music.

It was so cold!  Heading into Hyde Park through the Italian Gardens, it wasn't really time to linger but the light was beautiful. Definitely a silver lining ...

But so wintery ...

A corner out of the wind and time for a chat with a friend.

Past Kensington Palace, a dedicated trip for another day.  There are quite a few Henry Moore sculptures that I've seen in my travels - they fit well into landscapes.  This is The Arch (with blackbird bombing!)

Past the Serpentine with swans bathing ..

Finally, the V&A Museum, but first things first -

Then on to the exhibits - so much to see without even getting to the special exhibitions.

In the late afternoon I happened to look out of the window in the modern section and smiled to see everyone trying to catch the last rays of sunshine.

What would be your choice of bookcase?

The Museum has an extraordinary collection of ceramics.

And silver ..

And glass ..

But it didn't hold the everyone's attention ...

Time for some fresh air - back out into the cold, and if possible, it had got colder!

Opposite, at the Natural History Museum there had been a queue of people since before I arrived in the morning.  All queuing to see the Wildlife Photographer of the year - worth going to see.

Brrrrr.  Home!