London

I caught the ferry from Rosslare in Ireland to Pembroke in Wales last Sunday. I had originally planned to spend two weeks travelling in Wales. But I lingered too long elsewhere, so my time in Wales was a total of 3 hours, the time it took to drive from Pembroke to England. On Sunday night I stayed at Nikki and Olly's place in Chippenham. Nikki made a very nice dinner and plied me with pimms.

On Monday I drove to Jane and Ian's. I am staying with them at the moment. I have spent most of the week planning the next part of my travels, working through two months of mail and organising things for my trip into Europe. It has been great spending time with Ben and Zoe, my nephew and neice. I went to their annual sports day on Friday, which was fun. The weather has been great, reaching the 30s earlier in the week.

On Thursday evening I caught up with Mark in London. The weather was very pleasant and very different from the weather during winter...

Summer inTrafalgar Square:

Winter in Trafalgar Square: