In the Footsteps of Winston Churchill

As the title of the blog says, I went on a walk titled "In the Footsteps of Winston Churchill." So unsuprisingly, the walk was about Churchill. It started from Embankment and ended at the Cabinet War Rooms by St. James's Park- so places associated with his public life versus his private life-although private life was discussed. Very interesting, even on a cold rainy day, though you can't really tell from the pictures.

St. Margaret's Westminster- Churchill got married here, it's by the Abbey

The Admiralty- so basically the Naval Department- Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty during the first World War (Unrelated side note: there are apartments here for a few of the government ministers-recently the fat former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had an affair with his Diary Secretary here, who ironically wrote about it in her diary- all of which was later published in one of the trashy tabloids. This happened just before I got to the UK)

A reconstructed Victory Garden in St. James's Park

These are the stables for the horses of the Metropolitan Police Department- the horses live on the first floor where the circular windows are

Craven Street which still has the original 18th houses- the one with the people in front of it is where Benjamin Franklin lived

An actual horse in front of Horse Guards-

Statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square- a recent addition- this is shot from a side angle so that's why it looks a little odd.