Memorial on a winter’s day

Beyond a crisp layer of fallen leaves can be seen the 52 stainless steel columns that comprise the 7/7 memorial.

A snowy Hyde Park!

As snows sweeps across much of Britain there’s plenty of the white stuff in London, too – providing young and old with a good excuse to get outside and enjoy the snowy spectacle.

One more sleep till Santa

Christmas Eve is here and although Santa won’t have time on this, his busiest day of the year, to stop off at Santa’s Pub in London, it seemed a fitting picture for today. Happy Christmas one and all!

Mulling it over

Just what you need when the cold wind doth blow – a generous glug of mulled wine to warm the cockles. In Hyde Park at the moment there are stalls at the Christmas market selling red and white mulled wine, mulled cider, mead (honey wine) and another drink that’s a mixture of mead and cherry liqueur called ‘Viking’s Blood’…

Winter’s day at the Diana Fountain

Long winter shadows stretch across the grass area surrounding the Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, as a few tourists inspect the fountain up close.

Glorious winter day

Another beautiful winter’s day in London – just perfect for a walk around the Serpentine this lunchtime. The deep blue sky overhead was matched by the still blue water of the lake by the Serpentine Bridge.

Cheers!

Mine’s a stein. An unusual view while enjoying a few beers in the Bavarian beer hall at Winter Wonderland.

Friday night at Winter Wonderland

A busy night at Winter Wonderland, with thousands enjoying the funfair rides, market stalls and beer halls.

 

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

A large Santa Claus welcomes visitors at the Hyde Park Corner entrance to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. With a flurry of snow in the air first thing this morning there’s a chance that it will be a truly wintry wonderland in London this weekend.

Winter festivities approaching

Behind a park bench bequeathed by the Indian High Commission to mark the Golden Jubilee in 2002 are the twinkling lights of a helter skelter and other fairground rides. Fun fair amusements, beer halls and Christmas gift stalls are right now being put up in preparation for Winter Wonderland, one of London’s biggest Christmas attractions, which opens to the public this coming Friday, 23 November, and runs until 6 January.