However much I try, I still seem to be behind! Now, as I am a month behind, it is hard to remember exactly what I did. However, I need to catch up, as I am off to Sicily soon and will once again attempt to keep a diary every day. Things will be much harder now, since the very wonderful BlogPress has refuseed to open since the last update, and I am experimenying with another piece of software.
Once the Olympics were over, it was easier to travel round London, though, like everybody else, I missed the excitement. Work quietened down a bit, so I didn't have quite so much to do, which was just as well, since it could be very hot.
The rhododendrons were long finished, but the hydrangeas were really spectacular. These are some in the lane outside.
I went up to London a number of times, since, although there were no Olympics for a while, there was still the London 2012 Festival and lots to see and do. Although there were fewer free shows outside the National Theatre, there were still things to see. I spent some time looking at the Book Maze at the back of the Royal Festival Hall. It was made of some enormous number of books, which are destined to be donated to charity afterwards. It was rather difficult to photograph, the light levels being quite strange.
The walls were low to begin with, but became higher the further you walked inside.
The walls were low to begin with, but became higher the further you walked inside. You were allowed to take out and read any book, as long as you put it back, so I spent quite a while reading one, and remembered to photograph the cover so I could look for it later in the library.
Outside, on the upper level, was a wonderful Lego map of the world. I managed quite a few pictures of that, though none of them was much good. This is the one of South America.
It was too big, as you can see, for a picture of the whole world, this was the nearest I could get. You can see that one or two landmarks are shown, apart from the mountains.
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