A Walk In Hyde Park
I went for a walk this afternoon in Hyde Park.
I had gone to see the awful statue that someone had put in the Serpentine to publicise a new TV channel. But I couldn’t find it. There’s a picture here from the Belfast Telegraph.
But I did take a few pictures.
It turned out that the statue had been removed. Judging by the quality of the statue, I hope it’s been recycled.
I did have a very nice ice cream in the Lido Cafe by the Serpentine. I t might have been a bit expensive, but it was good. And I had it in a tub.
Thinking about the walk later, I reckon it must be nearly forty years since I have been to that part of Hyde Park. We occasionally used to go swimming in the Serpentine with the boys, although, I don’t think I ever ventured in. But C did, as she was a manic swimmer. I don’t have any pictures of that time, but the park has been spruced up a lot since.
They were difficult but happy times!
The Anonymous Widower 
I thought Colin Forth was there for the summer, he didn’t stay long.
Comment by alisonsye | July 9, 2013 |
I thought he was too! But the picture in The Times was dreadful, so I suspect that the powers that be had the statue recycled.
It looks like those awful statues of Jesus, you get in some churches in Italy.
Comment by AnonW | July 9, 2013 |
Yes it did, think it was the white shirt. Jesus often wears a white shirt.
I saw it on the BBC news the morning they put it in the lake. It looked like it was made of paper, so it probably went soggy.
Comment by alisonsye | July 9, 2013
I was rather disappointed it had gone. It was something, I thought deserved a good slagging!
Have you been to the Dalston House yet? It’s brilliant.
Comment by AnonW | July 9, 2013 |
There’s some more pictures here, with a lot of funny comments.
http://www.thejournal.ie/mr-darcy-statue-983719-Jul2013/
Comment by AnonW | July 9, 2013 |