An open air gig in Canary Wharf

Tuesday 23 July





"This is London"

Today’s news was still eclipsed by the royal baby, and when we heard that there would be a 61-gun salute from the Tower, we decided to make an outing of it.                                               

 

A 61 gun salute

 We crossed over the bridge and found an excellent viewpoint in “Strada”, where we lingered for a couple of hours over a long lunch.

Larking about

Keeping cool

Later, we set off on the DLR, (first topping up the Oyster cards) to Canary Wharf, where there was a free outdoor concert on the grass of Canada Square. This was a lively nostalgic experience of 50's swing stuff from the warm-up, and a tribute to the memory of the Andrews Sisters of even earlier years - they had them jiving on the grass!

 

Vintage doo-wop

 



The Puppini Sisters

 

This was a great evening, with a picnic in the middle, and we arrived back at the boat early-ish to find a lively party on the boat next door. We declined the invitation, pleading exhaustion.