London – a candid view

I have just spent two weeks in London with my brother and sister-in-law. It’s been around five months since my last visit, and I enjoyed returning to this great city to experience some of its ambience during summer.

Although the weather was still a little variable (!), I thought I’d dedicate a post to some candid shots I obtained whilst out and about.

So the the following collection pays homage to local London life, through the eyes of a visitor, on a few sunny summertime days……

“Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.”

Lord Dunsany, ‘The Book of Wonder’

Young and old, Botanic Gardens

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Catching some rays, near Brick Lane, London

Strumming a tune, Spitalfields, London

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Bubbles, Hyde Park, London

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Clowning around, Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park, London

Not a deckchair in sight, Hyde Park, London

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Roller skating, Hyde Park, London

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Roller skating, Hyde Park, London

Roller skating, Hyde Park, London

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All in a day’s work, The Shard, London

Window cleaning, The Shard, London

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Expressing a view, Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, London

Expressing a view, Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park, London

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A drink by the river, Southbank, London

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Bubbles, Southbank, London

Bubbles, Southbank, London

Bubbles, Southbank, London

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“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”

Samuel Johnson

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C’est moi! Brick Lane, London

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