St Paul's

I visited this before the Babylon Exhibition. I actually saw the crypt first, as the entrance via that was the first one I came across.

The crypt is packed with burials and memorial stones: mostly they are individuals I've never heard of but some to famous people and some to this group of war dead or that. The Nelson and Wellington tombs are huge; there's space yet for a few more of comparable size, but it would take that many more to get seriously crowded. Upstairs Wellington gets another huge memorial.

I got up into the Whispering Gallery (~260 steps up), but since I was on my own lacked anyone to whisper to. Nice views of the interior of the cathedral though. The Stone Gallery (another ~120 steps up) is a good vantage point for looking out over London though the rather narrow gaps in the stone don't make it very convenient. Unfortunately the Golden Gallery was shut so I didn't get to see that. As you can imagine after all those steps I was quite tired.

Ancient history

This must be one of the first photos I ever took. The small boy is my brother. I was given a 110 format camera when I was small - perhaps seven or so? I don't know what's become of it now. It'd have been either my birthday or Christmas, both are in December so the snow doesn't really tell you which unless you can remember details of Bournemouth's weather in the 1980s.

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(Apologies for the lo-fi images - as well as being a cheap and cheerful camera in the hands of a child, these are scans from prints over 20 years old.)