Post Comment Love 23-25 September

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The Queen’s funeral on Monday was full of pomp and ceremony as we expected, and we watched most of it before heading out for a walk in the afternoon. It was quiet locally even though there were people about, and it was good to get out and stretch our legs. That’s something I’ve been doing more of recently and it’s really good for the soul, as well as physically and thankfully the troublesome toe doesn’t prevent that happening either.

We’ve definitely been having more autumnal weather here in South London, but yesterday the sun was shining and warm so wanting to make the most of it I headed off to Greenwich Park for a walk. I didn’t have plans much more than though, though when I’m out walking on my own I enjoy popping on a podcast to keep my company. One of the more recent ones I’ve discovered is Stompcast with Dr Alex George who speaks to guests while walking around a park - yesterday I listed to his conversation with Scarlett Moffatt as they walked around Regents Park - and the idea of the recording is to encourage more people to get outside for an hour a week (the podcast is broken into three episodes so you can listen to them to match your walk, or stomp).

As I headed to Greenwich Park they were in the Rose Garden at Regents Park and so, I thought I can do that too. It’s not a part of the park I visit regularly, and on the way I spotted a statue out of the corner of my eye, one I don’t remember seeing before. On closer inspection it’s a Henry Moore and has been on display in the park between 1979 and 2007 and then again since 2011, so there’s every chance it’s been there when we have, but until now I hadn’t spotted it. It always amazes me how we may not see things until we’re ready to do so.

Have a great week!

STANDING FIGURE: KNIFE EDGE, HENRY MOORE

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Post Comment Love 16-18 September

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

It’s been a funny old week here. There’s been much ceremony and pomp to see daily following the Queen’s death and in the lead up to her funeral on Monday. People that wouldn’t class themselves as Royalists touched by her death in a way they hadn’t expected, as one of my family members said they were “surprisingly emotional”.

Yesterday afternoon MOH and I headed into town, not to queue in The Queue to see her coffin in Westminster Hall (overnight the queue times have increased to 10-14 hours) but to see the floral tributes in Green Park. They are amazing and I’ll add a photo here when I can.* There is a large part of Green Park set aside for the tributes, and if it weren’t for the continuous stream of people you’d be able to find them by their scent alone. The smell is amazing, possibly more so than when they were outside Buckingham Palace as now all the flowers are out of their wrappings, and are a heady scent of the largest bouquet you ever could see.

It was quite the experience, and I imagine Queuers will have an equally memorable experience, and yes, The Queue is terribly British!

* We got home last night to discover we had no internet, and it’s still not back this morning hence the later than usual post.

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Post Comment Love 9-11 September

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

While I’m keen to hang onto the summer for as long as I can and continue to wear my shorts there’s been a distinct cooling in the temperatures here, and a lot more rain. The rain is mostly arriving overnight and we’ve had a couple of the most fantastic storms too, with lightening so bright it has lit up the room. It’s been quite the spectacle. But we’ve had good weather too, on Sunday when we headed down to the Kent coast it was in the mid-twenties and I definitely have some strap marks from my walking sandals that weren’t there before.

We don’t get to be beside the sea very often, and Sandwich is a place I’ve not been too before but it was well worth the visit. I mean just look at those colours.

Since I wrote this post we’ve learnt of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 8 September. She truly was a remarkable lady who has spent her life in service, and was held in deep affection by so many people across the world. May our Queen rest in peace.

SANDWICH BAY

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