Another day out in Central London and another bit of discovering. Nice weather day, so off we head to central London with the intention of catching the changing of the guards.Upon reaching Pall Mall, we saw that the changing of the Horseguards was underway out the front of the horseguard barracks (if that's what it's called). A quick dice with the traffic and a short stroll across the corner of St James Park and we were amongst the tourists watching. Unfortunately, there's not much to this one
- they line up, the new guard ride out and line up too. The rest of the old guard ride out into the yard, before the new guard ride in to the barracks. The old guard then ride away and up the street to Pall Mall with a police escort... Yes, I can hear you 'Ooo Eerr'ing too.
- they line up, the new guard ride out and line up too. The rest of the old guard ride out into the yard, before the new guard ride in to the barracks. The old guard then ride away and up the street to Pall Mall with a police escort... Yes, I can hear you 'Ooo Eerr'ing too.It was then off towards Buckingham Palace to catch the other changing of the guards, only that didn't 
eventuate for us. In the sunshine that came through for our walk through St James Park, we encountered the "wildlife" of English parks - squirrels, pidgeons, crows, geese, pelican and other water fowl. Even getting to feed one brave squirrel in the process. We also encountered a fellow with his pet ferrett - classic little fellow (the ferrett) as he stayed pretty much curled up in his owner's hood, and occasionally popped his head up for a pat or just to check out the world going by. In the end we were far too late for the changing of the guard, so we made our way back past Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, etc... along the 
Thames to Embankment/Charing Cross Train stations, where we had a late lunch in a cave. Well, sort of, it was part of Gordon's Wine Bar, which is effectively underground. We're not sure about what the "cave" section originally was - perhaps a kiln of some sort - but it was completely candlelit and had a superb atmosphere. The wines were pretty good too!
eventuate for us. In the sunshine that came through for our walk through St James Park, we encountered the "wildlife" of English parks - squirrels, pidgeons, crows, geese, pelican and other water fowl. Even getting to feed one brave squirrel in the process. We also encountered a fellow with his pet ferrett - classic little fellow (the ferrett) as he stayed pretty much curled up in his owner's hood, and occasionally popped his head up for a pat or just to check out the world going by. In the end we were far too late for the changing of the guard, so we made our way back past Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, etc... along the Thames to Embankment/Charing Cross Train stations, where we had a late lunch in a cave. Well, sort of, it was part of Gordon's Wine Bar, which is effectively underground. We're not sure about what the "cave" section originally was - perhaps a kiln of some sort - but it was completely candlelit and had a superb atmosphere. The wines were pretty good too!From there it became a rather wet walk (no, I hadn't had an accident - it was raining) up to Oxford St for the Xmas lights that had been turned on the night before. Rather dull really, so we headed home from there.
I can hear you all, well, some of you, wondering about all this touristy stuff I'm doing, and if you must know, we did stop by two recruitment offices during our travels...
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