This morning; pure sunshine, blue skies, my pink roses blooming, the air clean - when it's like this I adore this city and this country.

I have to agree on this..I never used to think much of it, coming from the provinces as I do but, reading the diaries of Samual Pepys I felt compelled to visit his London, seeing his old haunts at Seething Lane, and St Olaves Church on the corner. It was all delightful. All the history about it-a plaque at a traffic island marking the Tyburn tree at the end of Oxford Street and people walking past, unaware of it's importance. And a nice afternoon in Hyde Park after our walk, lovely!

Very much Baby Car weather - the roof comes off and goes in the boot - bluebells - fields and fields of them; meadows even. Primroses, daffodils, my gorgeous huge pink roses, fantastic flower borders in town (who does them in London? They look stupendous) on roundabouts and in parks. Apple blossom dropping to the streets, pink and white petals everywhere. Birds chirping (my robins have given birth to lots of baby robins). My blackbird, whose favourite perch is in on my TV aerial, sings his heart out and is not owned by Murdoch. Squirrels stop and grin at me. Pigeons seem not to decide to poo on my bird table - very kind of them. I did have to dispose, gently, of three enormous wasps that decided to visit my bedroom. The sun is out, the sky is blue, there's not a cloud to spoil my view and it's not raining in my heart.

I've driven in London twice and never again! I can cope with Milton Keynes roundabouts or the internal ring road of Leeds, but Central London and driving - NO WAY!

Happy Good Friday - gorgeous in London - Mike came round for roast chicken sandwiches and a cold fruit juice and we sat outside talking to my robins (now proud mummy and daddy of baby robins). Then I took Baby Car through the park (Albert Memorial glorious and golden; hundreds of happy relaxed tourists; horses; not much traffic) over to Harrods (rammed - what recession?)... came back, watched Enchanted (see other thread)... lovely day.

Ah yes the Albert memorial..how golden it was! Took some pics of it when there..I was surprised at the amount of wildlife in Hyde park-and London generally.

Today - had enormous breakfast opposite Harrods and shopped there plus in Jermyn Street (got a parking fine)... wonderful weather again; Baby car a joy; this is the weather I love.

I live in London and it's the best city in the world, although I live in a different part to JK. I have Rowan Williams as a neighbour.

Pumpkinhead wrote:
I live in London and it's the best city in the world, although I live in a different part to JK. I have Rowan Williams as a neighbour.

It has its good points but generally its Over-priced, over-crowded, and over-rated. As for driving in London, thats a definite no-no, unless you can afford the £12 an hour parking in Soho and like moving very slowly. I'd get the tube everytime, although I imagine that would be difficult if you're famous.