Weather reports can have a dark, romantic tone here, with the word murky featuring in weather Macbeth would have recognised. And today the weather caster refers to a low pressure area hovering over Ireland before its inevitable move east as "lurking with intent". But still mostly dry today and the breeze is a warm one, with a predicted high between 16 and 18.
Beside me on the road leading in to busy Queensway is a motorcycle, followed by two police officers mounted side by side on horses, followed by a Mercedes. Where but in London? Well, Cairo - but there a donkey cart would be more probable than horses carrying police.