This is the bridleway connecting Buckingham Palace to Hyde Park (along the side of Green Park) and Rotten Row. Rotten Row is the Hyde Park bridleway where the aristocracy used to (and the upper classes still) exercise their horses. It's a corruption of Route du Roi or King's route.

It leads up to Constitution Arch (or Wellington Arch). And the next photo is taken from the top of that.

The next picture is from the top of Constitution Arch, looking back towards the river.
You can see firstly how the day is beginning to draw in.
And then see the Eye Wheel and Parliament's clock tower (aka Big Ben) in the near distance. I took this really to show where I'd walked from.

I wanted to go to Apsley House, just across the traffic from the Arch, but maybe I'll go back another day - by then it was getting towards their closing time, and although I really wanted to see the HUGE nude statue of Napoleon, I figured the House would repay a longer visit.

I took some pics in Hyde Park (across to Speakers' Corner then Marble Arch, Oxford Street and home) but from then on the lighting was too poor to keep them.

Great additions SG. All I could say to myself was,'oh''oh''oh' at everyone. I wish I was there :)
thanks for sharing * sigh*

Cool, thanks for doing all that walking for us.

I just have to know where you were in reference to the railing when shooting this photo.:)

JK Sundae! I'm glad to see a little of what's going on in SG's world! Nice. It would be so nice to be there!

But wait, what is that painful.....lol!! 'Tis beautiful m'dear!

This is the picture I couldn't upload last night (turns out I was trying to upload the original, which is huge).

Cic, I rested the camera on the railing, I wasn't straddled myself! I was trying to avoid the camera shake I evidenced in the previous set of London pics :)

London looks so...stately...in those pictures.

Just in passing, I think I heard from somewhere another meaning, that 'Rotten Row' comes from the French 'route en rue' which means a route alongside a street, the 'route' being the bridle track for the horse-riders.

How fabulous! Great photos!
This kind of inspires me to do a bit of the same with NM now that I have some time off! I'm not so sure about the capabilities of my camera and being able to get such great shots, but I will see if I can record some of my area too. (isn't as prestigious but still has it's beauty)

I am also working on a scrapbook so it might come in handy there as well.

Just beautiful SG! I might have to create a file combining the photos of DanaC's Valley and your photos so I can visually take a trip to England.
:)

For the record (and for those in chat) this is the workshop at night!

First shot shows work on the Phoenix - it may not look like it's in a de-sanctified chapel, but it is - I'll do a video walk-through at some point. Second is a closer shot of the phoenix head.

Crazy cool there SG! Very well done!

is that Mylar ?? or silk ??

The head is punched aluminium (aluminum)
the feathers are wrapped fabric on aluminium frames

the head & body are mounted on a driven device
the head is manipulated by one artist sitting on the body
the body is driven along by a driver beneath

will get pics of the whole thing

I've just uploaded a video of the place to youtube - waiting for it to load.
If you want to hear the commentary (not necessary) you'll have to turn up it up LOUD - I was whispering because other people were in the building.

Apologies for the mis-information - what was being built in the above photos was a Garuda, not a Phoenix. It ended up with big flashing eyes - I'll see if I can upload some footage.

What is being built now is a phoenix and is in the construction stage. You will see if the vid ever uploads. And that is covered in natural silk. You know your stuff Zip!

In the mean time, here is a pic of the ivy covered windows with sun coming through - which the video doesn't show as I filmed it while it was raining.

Here 'tis!
(check the times of the posts, I am SO impatient!)

As said before, whack the sound up if you want to hear me, but be prepared when I walk past the stage and open the next door - the creak with blow your eardrums.

I wish I had any talent at this - it's an amazing place. Let me know if you want any more pictures. Or come & take them yourself :)