And now from the other direction...

After allowing traffic to resume for a couple minutes, the Bobbies shutdown the approaches to Buckingham Palace once again in order to allow another group of soldiers to come marching in from another sidestreet. Unfortunately I never learned what regiments these troops served in. Whether they are Coldstream Guards, Grenadier Guards, Irish Guards or Scots Guards, when they are on duty guarding the palace, they are called "The Queen's Guards".

Day Fourteen (London)

July 26th 2006
"Ay, marry, now my soul hath elbow-room; It would not out at windows, nor at doors. There is so hot a summer in my bosom That all my bowels crumble up to dust" It be-ith hotter than Hades in yon Londontowne. Hark, I doth require better conditioning of the air than the mere spinning of tri blades of plastique in my tiny window. Methinks I shall perish in this Stygian cave forlorn. Not onl ... read more

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