Tower Poppies

A couple of weeks ago, I had to make a visit London and whilst there, I made a point of dropping by the Tower of London to see the Tower Poppies.
This post is acting as the perfect bridge between my Carver Barracks challenge post yesterday, and my Peace/Quaker post for later today.



Well, what can I say?

Inspired.

Stunning.

Respect.

I will just let the images speak for themselves...

Somewhere there is my poppy - this is where you can buy one too...
http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/ww1-centenary/poppies-in-the-moat

Ace Cafe Triumph Triple Challenge 2014

Taking himself along with me, I spent an interesting Saturday evening up at the Ace Cafe London, having been invited to the 2014 Triumph Triple Challenge launch evening. Once again Ace Cafe are one of the sponsors for the series. The Daytona from the 2013 series, complete with fly-splattered fairing, was on show alongside the smart new No 82 for this coming 2014 series.
It was certainly one big buzzing party.

Whilst there, I took the opportunity to capture the ambiance of the place in a series of candid documentary images.

(Apologies for these few 'sepia' images - Im looking into why blogger has chosen to do this!!!)

As I write this post, Ace Cafe just have announced that an Ace Cafe USA will be opening in Orlando within the year,
to add to the Ace Cafe already in China.

That is going to make for one very long bike-ride out one weekend!

Remember, remember...

As a kind of follow-on from the fireworks display on Saturday, today I was fortunate to go with a group of colleagues to visit the Houses of Parliament, accompanied by our local MP.
Im afraid I can't show you many pictures as photography isn't allowed inside the building. However, I did manage a few in the impressive hammer-beamed Westminster Hall, the only building to survive from the old Palace of Westminster. The picture above shows the stairs from Westminster Hall which lead into the Palace of Westminster as it is today.
However, what I can admit is that this time around I found the visit very interesting. (Last time I had visited as a mildly disinterested 9 year old!)

Grateful thanks to Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Haselhurst for a knowledgeable and comprehensive tour.

So, mindful of the date, we were all happy to have safely concluded our visit to the Houses of Parliament.