I went to London again yesterday. Yep, twice in a month. Cosmopolitan or what? I love the photo I took outside the Natural History Museum of the skaters on one of those temporary ice rinks that spring up in city centres round December. It reminds me of a Lowry painting.
Yesterday’s trip was a family excursion to see ‘Santa’s Christmas Cracker’ at the Royal Albert Hall. It was brilliant. Just being inside the Royal Albert Hall is worth the train fare on its own. I had never been to a concert there before (could never afford it!) and wasn’t prepared for quite how majestic and breathtaking it is when you first enter the auditorium. Everything is so vast, so plush, so undeniably Victorian.
Fortified with a glass of bellini my sister and I sang along to all the carols with gusto. Luckily the fantastic voices of the Southend Boys’ and Girls’ choirs drowned us out.
