Back to Northumberland we tootled, this time to Slaley Hall, to swoon once more at the autumn colours, and spend a lot of time talking.\u00a0 Noted redwing and song thrush feeding voraciously in the rowan tree outside our bedroom window.<\/p>\n
On the Wednesday we went our separate ways, Paul to a star camp in Galloway and me to London.\u00a0 After a thoroughly enjoyable walk round the tourist trail, something I had not done since the early 80s, I met up with Nick for a lovey blether and a meal.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day by pure fluke I happened to be in the same street as Prince Harry & Prince Philip.\u00a0 They were attending a Remembrance service in Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n
Westminster Abbey’s Field of Remembrance on Thursday. <\/a>The royals pay their respects at the graves of unknown British soldiers from the First and Second World Wars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is currently occupied by a giant blue cockerel.\u00a0 Once more my camera does not capture the colour, but this article in the Grauniad <\/a>shows a truer colour and is also quite earthy, those of a sensitive disposition look away now.<\/p>\n