We had visitors today: Jan's brother, Alan, and his wife, Janice. Alan had a go at steering and was a natural.
We stopped at the facilities at Little Venice before carrying on into Paddington Basin, where we winded.
Then we returned to our spot by Harrow Road Bridge, which we have found to be quiet and convenient.
We suggested that Alan and Janice might like to join us at the promenade concert this evening, so after lunch we walked through Kensington Gardens to the Royal Albert Hall for our queue tickets. This is an excellent system whereby you can book your place in the queue for the arena (or gallery) without actually having to queue for hours. Then we walked back into the park, taking shelter under a horse chestnut tree from the (unforecast) rain before having a very good cup of tea in the Kensington Palace tea room. Walking towards the Serpentine we came across a frenzy of parakeets. People were encouraging them to settle on them with the enticement of nuts.
A passer-by kindly took this photo of us in Hyde Park.
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| Alan, Jan, Janice, me |
So to the BBC Proms. The main work in tonight's concert was Mozart's Requiem, preceded in the first half by Brahms's Tragic Overture and Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. The Mozart was wonderful; again, we had a good position, central and near the front in the arena. The prom was being televised for broadcast on Sunday.
It's been amazing simply to be able to walk to the Proms from the boat. Oh to live nearer London!
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