Busy London

Hi blog Followers,

Horse Guards Parade

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately, but it's been really busy.

London is an amazing place there is no room wasted anywhere! And the traffic is just chaotic, it takes a long
time to get anywhere. But it's worth it when you get there.

Mounted Police Woman

In this blog I'm going to tell you a bit about the Horse Guard Parade and Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace. But before I begin I would like to say thanks to my grandparents. Kevin, for showing us around London and generally being an excellent guide, and Isobel, for making us at home and looking after us.
Without them most of what we have done would not
have been possible.

The Horse Guard Parade had to be moved to a small court yard because the usual parade ground had been used for an event that weekend so it was all being packed up, but I enjoyed it anyway. They had a troop of blacks and a troop of bays, the blacks had been on guard and the bays were coming to takeover the job. I was surprised that they looked so young and most of them were woman. It was really great and we got lots of pics. There were four mounted police controlling the crowds and I thought that they used their large horses very effectively. I want to be a mounted  police women.

Then Grandpa Kevin led us through the park to Buckingham Place were the changing of the guards was happening. the square was packed and we didn't get a good look but dad gave me a shoulder ride. The band played Happy by Pharrel Williams and a couple of

Irish Guards (you can tell by the blue plume in their bearskin cap)

other songs and then marched out.

It was a great day.

Haystacks

Buttermere Valley

On the 5th of July, Dad and I went for a day walk on Haystacks. Haystacks is a mountain in the Lake District, it's in the south-eastern end of the Buttermere Valley. It has an elevation of 597m.

We walked about 9km and met a four nice tourists. Two were German sisters, one was a Greek girl and the other was a Scottish man. We chatted and I really enjoyed walking with them.


The views were great. Buttermere Valley is a u-shaped valley. When rivers grind away at the soft rock under them they form v-shaped valleys. A u-shaped valley is caused by erosion by ice. Unlike rivers that just flow at the very bottom of the valley a glacial erodes the land around it too.

The friends we made

The way we are about to walk

The path was was graveled in some places and less worn in others. The hills were quite steep but when we were on ridges the walking was nice.

By the time we got back to the bike I had blisters but I had still enjoyed it.