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:
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