London trip

Mick and I had a brilliant week in London with unexpected warm, sunny weather. I had arranged to see our MP Jason McCartney at Westminster, hoping that we could have coffee on the terrace. Sadly that was the only dismal, wet day we had but we managed a photograph.

It was jolly interesting to see the Houses of Parliament and to stand on the exact spot in Westminster Hall, on which  Charles l stood when he was being tried, was quite significant - all that history....

The exhibition at the V&A, the Aesthetic Movement, was really very good. and I would recommend it to anyone who appreciates beautiful things. There was a spectacular reconstruction of Whistler's Peacock Room that people could enter and see how it must have looked. There was much to do with Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites as well as Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley.

Me - on the steps of the V&A.

As usual we went and checked out the British Museum which never fails to delight. Our very favourite room in there is the Enlightenment Room - we would like to live in it...!