London –Notting Hill – Saturday 25th September 2021

I had a few exceptionally enjoyable days in London – a trip postponed from March 2020, just before most of the UK went into its first Lockdown.   On my final day I decided to walk from my hotel just off the Tottenham Court Road to Notting Hill Gate before walking to Victoria to catch my coach home.  There is a Waterstones here – it styles itself as Notting Hill, although technically it is in Notting Hill Gate which is, apparently, a different area! 

Diana, Princess of Wales

A statue to Diana, Princess of Wales was unveiled in Kensington Gardens on 1^st July this year, on what would have been her 60^th birthday.  Originally commissioned to commemorate the 20^th anniversary of her death, it stands overlooking the sunken garden.

Currently reading – All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle