Animals in War memorial, London

Rainbow had a Thu and Fri off while the owner had a little Christmas mini break in London... Also managed to finally go and see the Animals in War memorial in Hyde Park. It was an evocative sight. I love the three-dimensional aspect of the memorial, the way the burdened animals walk towards the gap in between and, on the other side, they run free. 

The memorial was filled with Remembrance Day poppies and remembrance notes on animals that had even recently served in wars, for example, bomb dogs, etc. Made me well up.

On a positive note, while walking back to our hotel towards Victoria, I saw a group of riders – presumably out on casual hack(!) – come out of Hyde Park with their horses and crossing the road in Hyde Park Corner (which is a massive and busy roundabout of around 4+ car lanes), stopping the traffic as they ambled through and headed down towards The Mall, which is the road leading up Buckingham Palace. Brilliant.

I wrote about Remembrance Day last year, which might interest: 

http://bluenna.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/lest-we-forget.html