Trafalgar Square
On Wednesday I posted some images of my Sunday afternoon walk down The Mall in London from Buckingham Palace to Admiralty Arch. Just beyond Admiralty Arch is Trafalgar Square, a huge open area in front of the National Gallery and dominated by the memorial to Admiral Horatio Nelson who in 1805 led the Royal Navy to victory to a larger French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson was mortally wounded and heard that victory was secured before he died. Nearly 210 years later Horatio Nelson is a still revered as a national hero who saved England from invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops. Walking around in the winter sunshine just before sunset, the buildings surrounding Trafalgar Square were bathed in a warm light while the Square itself was mainly in shadow. The shot at the top of the page is one of the four bronze lions that are at the base Nelson's Column with the tower of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in the background. ...