Happy and Glorious

If only the sky were as blue as when I took this picture a few days ago!

I’ve been watching the flotilla of a thousand boats pass down the River Thames this afternoon as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.  Watching on television, that is.  Must have been amazing to be there and part of it all - despite the cold and the wind and the torrential rain.

Favourite bit?  The climax as the London Philharmonic played its way through the usual canon of patriotic favourites, whilst a soaked-to-the-skin Royal College of Music Chamber Choir sang its heart out.  That summed it up: British weather, British spirit and British eternal optimism - planning as if it won’t rain when really we know it will but we’re determined to have a good time anyway!

Sending big congratulations to the Queen (from a soggy, rain-drenched Yorkshire).