Scoped out the early morning bus situation to get me to the tour starting point early Friday morning. Looks like I’ll have to be out of here not long after 5:30am to make sure I have plenty of time to get to the meeting point.

Visited the National Collection on tuesday. The first painting I saw upon wandering in was “Sunflowers” by Picasso. However, the most memorable for me would have to be “The execution of Lady Jane Grey” by Paul Delarouche.

It is a little morbid, but still it captures the scene wonderfully.

“Lady Jane Grrey reigned as Queen for nine days Im 1553 until deposed by supporters of Catholic Queen Mary.
She was beheaded at Tower Hill early the following year, aged 17″

One of the good things about London is that most of the galleries and museums are free for the general exhibitions, donations are strongly encouraged though.

Further wandering laneded me in Covent Gardens. For any fan of “Spooks”, this is home to the masonic hall that plays home to the fictitious MI5 HQ.
Didn’t have my camera with me, but I’ll definitely be heading back again.

What’s news in Oz?
It’s great not hearing about what “mullet mouth” (thanks Robyn for that one) is doing every day.