Lord Mayor's Day

Last Saturday was Lord Mayor's Day - a day when the Lord Mayor of London (different from the Mayor of London) had a procession through the City of London to pledge his alligience to the Crown at the Royal Courts of Justice. It's an annual procession complete with floats, people marching in costume, armoured calvary (horses!), and a grand fireworks display at the end of the day! We watched the procession on tv in the morning - initially we wanted to go watch the procession, but the tv commentary helped to add context to everything. But hey! Guess what? We saw the calvary heading back to the stables when we went out walking in the afternoon! And the main thing I wanted to see from the procession were the horses!! =) Thank God!


Here are the pics from the day, and some videos of the fireworks! :)

Look at the proud horses! It is evident that these were really well-bred horses. Regal and proud!











White horses







Check out the armour! I've not actually ever seen people in armour before :) They've even got the helmet with the point top and red tassels!











The grand Royal Courts of Justice. Nice huh?







Practising my skills of imitation, heh...













Views of the London Eye









The Eye up close








Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament


































My favourite shot!

The first of 3 videos:

[Hmm..I've tried several times to upload the other 2 videos, but seems I can't. Pity cos the climax of the show was in the 3rd video! But weren't the rockets in the video above cool!!]