God save our Queen....5: in motion

OK.  The theme of "in motion" in this blog title may be inscrutably thin for the Queen's jubilee theme.  But I had some cool shots that are part of festive Britain, jubilee style that I didn't know where else to put.

Included here are a McLaren formula one car (on a wall in a store front no less!), a person running, a person cycling, a cab through our hotel lobby, and a couple of monumental sculptures to keep the jubilee theme alive: one is an over sized gold thing in Kensington, to Albert, Queen Victoria's dead love and the other is the most fun orange wooden sculpture woman I saw on the trip (in a humble pub).  Finally, there is a tube stop that just seemed festive too!

Long live our Queen....4: Windsor Castle

No jubilee would be complete without the castle.  Here is Windsor, home of the British monarchs since Bill the Conquerant broke ground in 1066.  It is the oldest continuously inhabited real castle on earth.

Pictured here are the train station, views of the castle, the moat garden, a few rooms and of course, the loo.  How many of you can say you used the Queen's loo?  Put up your hands.

Long live the Queen....3: the people

Of course the people celebrating Britain are the Brits (and everyone else who's in town).  I was struck by the positive attitude and festive mood.
 
The colour crimson/purple seemed to be everywhere.  It cropped up in more of my pictures than I could believe.  I don't know if there is an official colour to this jubilee, but I know I've got my version.

Here are some folks being....well.....Brits.

Long live the Queen....2

I had processed many of my images from Belgium, France and Amsterdam; they fell into place nicely, sepia, sombre, symbolic.  But I hadn't a clue about England.  I enjoyed London so much this trip.  It was colourful, lively and festive.

Then the key to the images dawned on me: GIVE E'R.  So I did.

Long live our noble Queen

In all the excitement of getting home, I nearly forgot to mention the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth.  We were there the week before and London looked splendid; flags and festive colours everywhere.  It was in the air.

I love the queen: she is a safety valve against prime ministers who can't tell democracy from dictatorshit.  If push comes to shove, she can be a real ally when you're under pressure from some cheap trick who has nothing but disdain for parliamentary democracy.

But enough of that.  Party on Britain. No one does it better!