Another stunning day, sunny and warm - in the sun, hot. Bit of transport disruption, between the usual long weekend maintenance and upgrading and the Extinction Rebellion occupying roadways. But not difficult to take the tube to Greenwich. And we’re not the only ones with the good idea - Greenwich is elbow to elbow, or at least the streets and markets are. The park is lovely and green and we join the people sitting on the grass where there’s not only shade from the trees but a welcome breeze from the river. A reminder that London is over a quarter green space, with both a number of huge parks with roaming room and hundreds of tiny ones. It’s not a city where you ever feel hemmed in by concrete. Lots of families here today too. Don’t know if it’s only a weekend or holiday thing, but we do see a woman dressed as a Tudor era queen, and later have a conversation with a man in period naval dress.
We do go to the Maritime Museum. A striking collection of ship figureheads is attracting photographers. And we look in on a display about the Battle of Jutland. It’s extremely well done - a fifteen minute film combining paintings, photographs, diagrams and narrative in relating a complex series of 1916 sea battles that resulted in over eight thousand deaths. And I have the advantage, not shared by J, of suspense, having too little knowledge of WW I military action to know how most individuals encounters turned out. Side trip to the loo at the end of our visit takes us past a stained glass window commemorating several First War battles.
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