From 'La Mole' to Penge

It's been a busy week and I'm glad it's Friday evening.
We're off to Alex and Mike's shortly, with Lynne and Miranda, and looking forward to dinner and the company!

As I haven't posted pictures of sunsets for a while, here's the ones I took a couple of hours ago from my desk.

Have a great week-end!

It's been a strange day weather-wise.

Beautiful colours this morning


followed by a very short blizzard: wind and frozen rain.

This afternoon it was sunny and windy (with icy storms blowing over parts of the city) and we enjoyed quite a beautiful sunset





Ricardo (bazanges ) has - alas! - returned home. We really enjoyed his visit: he's such a laugh and a dearest friend.

This evening I met Adrian (london1952 ) at Fortnum & Mason's before heading to Compton's on Old Compton Street where we had arranged to meet Tony and Malcolm:



We went for a Thai meal followed by a hot chocolate in Patisserie Valerie. It was a lovely evening: they are such a charming couple!

When we got home, the street and gardens looked as if  they had been sprinkled with icing sugar.

I've spent the day with my head in New England and my feet in London, reading guidebooks, looking at maps and computing distances. I'm exhausted but very much looking forward to the trip.

We had sunshine the whole week-end and even a nice sunset yesterday. It must be autumn already.