London cycling

Found a cycle race going on around St James 's Park.

The start of the inaugural Prudential RideLondon Women's Grand Prix, a 15-lap criterium around a 1.3-mile circuit. The Wiggle team included Joanna Rowsell, Dani King and Laura Trott, the gold-medal winning riders in the Women's Team Pursuit at the 2012 London Olympics.

It had been cut to 45 minutes because of delays in earlier races. There were several breakaways as above, but it came to a sprint finish won by Laura Trott (Wiggle team) with Dani King fourth. Joanna Rowsell fell on the last lap and broke her collarbone.

Xmas Trafalgar Square

In Trafalgar Square, the Christmas tree from the Norwegian people in front of the National Gallery.

 There is also have a crib or Nativity scene in a display case

with an angel, shepherds anfd farm animals represented

Meanwhile in Elizabeth Street, Belgravia they have chandeliers as Christmas lights,

Let It Be

"Let It Be", the musical tribute to The Beatles, opens at the Prince of Wales theatre in Coventry Street, London.

 It is 50 years in October since the release of "Love Me Do", the first single by The Beatles.
  

September 2012

 November 2010
It replaces Mamma Mia which has moved to the Novello theatre in the Aldwych.

Update:
The Spice Girls musical is on the way:

Viva Forever. a new musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls, 
previews at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, on 27 November 2012, with the opening night on 11 December 2012.

Swans Scratching

Swans preparing themselves for the evening in Hyde Park, London.

You need a long neck to scatch in those awkward places 

if you have no hands.

Easter Chocolate Festival, Southbank, London

Expensive but tempting:

Easter is coming so the food market had chocolate delights on sale at the Chocolate Festival at the Southbank, London.

Saturday evening, Southbank Centre, London

Real Food market outside the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, on a Saturday evening.

Some travel in style. A tour bus outside the Royal Festival Hall with a satellite dish placed by the front entrance. Joan Baez was performing at the venue that evening.

Old Spitalfields Market on Saturday evening

On a Saturday evening the Old Spitalfields Market is quiet but poised for a busy Sunday. It can get very crowded.

Funfair on Southbank, London, February 2012

During February there was a funfair to light up the Southbank in front of the Shell Centre in London.

Super Giant Helter Skelter - Don't Forget Your Mat

Carousel - Enjoy the Ride

Others chose to stay indoors:

Riverside Terrace Cafe, South Bank Centre

Nower sunset

Early Saturday evening in the snow on the Nower in Dorking with the North Downs in the background.

Thinking, Newman Street, London

Newman Street, off Oxford Street, at night

Keeping a Straight Face, Soho, London

Keeping a straight face even though things are going wrong.
A shop window off Carnaby Street.

The Old Vic theatre, before the show begins

The Old Vic theatre near Waterloo Station, London, in early evening before a performance of Noises Off by Michael Frayn

Hackney Picturehouse, Mare Street, East London

The Hackney Picturehouse, a new cinema on Mare Street opposite the Town Hall in Hackney. It used to be a Methodist Hall and a library. It was then converted into Ocean, a music venue, but that was unsuccessful and soon closed. It opened in October 2011 as a 4-screen cinema.

This corner used to be the entrance to the library.

Look Chocolates !!! Covent Garden shop window display

The window display of a shop attracts the attention of a passer-by in Covent Garden .

300 days to go until the 2012 Olympics in London

The counter in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square this evening shows 3oo days to go until the 2012 Olympics in London.

The Mayor's Thames Festival 2011, London, 10-11 Sept. 2011

 Southwark Bridge on Saturday evening, 10 Sept 2011

 The road was closed to traffic for the weekend and tables were placed along the bridge

Lots of food was available to buy at stalls

New tactics for dealing with troublemakers? 

"Appearing Rooms" by Jeppe Hein outside the Royal Festival Hall

Window display - Telephones for sale

It is odd what you see at night. These are telephones in the shapes of skulls on display in the window of a shop in Soho, London. The front of the head detaches to form the receiver.

The view from the Southbank, London

The view in the evening from outside the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre looking across the River Thames to the floodlit buildings on the Strand in London. The illuminated buildings are the New Adelphi, Shell Mex House and Savoy Hotel.

The Cenotaph and Whitehall at night

Whitehall in Westminster, London, at night:

The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London

The bus stop at the Cenotaph

A bus approaching

Two buses come at once

Symbols of London: the red telephone box, 

the London Underground logo and the Houses of Parliament

Saturday evening at the Apple Store, Covent Garden, London

Even in the rain, the Apple Store is busy on a Saturday evening.