Eros, or correctly named the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Picardilly Circus erected 1892
The start of Regents Street which joins Oxford Street at the top
Photo taking in, left to right, The national Gallery, opened 1824.
St Martin's In TheFields church, built in 1725 though there has been a church there since medieval times. Nelly Gwyn, the mistress of King Charles 11 and who she had two children by was buried at this site in 1680
And over to the right is Nelson's column
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Very informative with the history. 
I wonder if there are any descendents of Nelle Gwynne and King Charles? Did you mean Nelle is buried at the church or her children Bazzak?
She is buried there, her children, one died aged ten while at s hook in Paris and the other, Charles Beauclerk, became the Duke of St Albans and is buried at Westminster Abbey xx
Just looked up ( you got me intreaged) the present Duke of St Albans is Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, so he must be a descendant. Xx
Yes, I did the same! Good grief, even Diana Spencer was dec ended from an illegitimate child of Charles II. David and Samantha Cameron also feature. We all might have a royal connection considering how many illigitimate children have come down through the ages
So interesting when you start looking though.
When I was researching the land where our millennium woodland was planted I went back to 1066 and The Norman Conquest. Some of the names of the kmights who fought with William of Normandy were given land for their support of him and the conquest. Those land owner names still feature in churches in the area of Wales where I live. For example Fitzhammon. Their descendents are still living in the area too. Money and land has been passed down through the families who also inter married and became richer and more powerful.
The funny part of it all was if a certain knight of the realm fell out with a particular king, the lands were taken away and given to another. And so it went on and on.......
Interesting hour spent , time for a cuppa. Thanks Bazzak. Xxx
Thank you, for your information, so you live in Wales, did you see my joke about Wales on Marnies post ?, it's bad😁xx
Send it to me again. Im intrigued! X
One lovely day, two tourists were driving through Wales.
At Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch they stopped for lunch and one of the tourists asked the waitress:
“Before we order, I wonder if you could settle an argument for us. Can you pronounce where we are, very, very, very slowly?”
The girl leaned over and said:
“Burrr… gurrr… King.”
Sorry 😁🙉xx
You are right there Bazzak - Very poor indeed!
It is a great word though. Certainly adds interest to Wales and "photographers" who like humour!!! There will be many people who want their photo taken at this particular station.
What's next in store for us then? 😀
Very boring tomorrow, I am thinking of going to the National Army Museum, which is only a ten minute walk and apparently open. Then wherever the mood takes me. 🤔⚘x
I'm sure you will find a great deal to interest you. They make museums so interesting these days. I love them and always find something that gets me excited. I particularly enjoyed The Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth. All those personal items of the dead sailors give us an inkling of how people lived then.
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If haven't been there, I must put it on my bucket list! Sounds right up my street. Thank you the information ⚘xx
I can say it; but I won't vouch for my pronunciation! Have only lived in Wales since February, and Lockdown has prevented me getting to grips with the language as yet.I used to work on a farm in Powis during school holidays.
Cheers, Midori
Hi, So, what part of Wales are you living Midori? What a shock it must have been when everything shut down becsuse of Covid19. Did you have a cgance to get to kniw your new neighbours or make any new friends?
I live just a half an hour from our wonderful capital, Cardiff in The Vale of Glamorgan. Although I am Welsh born I never learnt how to speak the language. Since lockdown I decided to try learning Welsh online. I have attended many courses over the years and this one is the best I've ever tried. Admittedly,although I'm doing really well on paper, so as to speak, I'm looking forward to joining my local WI Welsh speaking Group when they become active again. By immersing myself in the language in this informal, fun way, I hope to become a more competent speaker.
Now that shops, hairdressers and all that are opening up again, how are you finding things?
Cheers for now.
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Hi Roadrunner,
I'm in the southwest, Pembroke Dock, and I've made a few friends, even with lockdown. Technically I'm shielding till August 16th, so I rarely leave the bungalow. Have had to go out occasionally, well protected! 
Waiting for the Library to get going again as they had a Coffi y Cymru conversation group going, and I thought of trying the Say Something in Welsh website, for their 6 minute a day thing.
Have picked up odd words here and there, but most of what I know came from North Wales, where the accent is quite thick. I have a couple of friends in Cardiff, and in years past I loved Swansea, Mumbles and Gower.
I wonder if there's a WI here in PD? Must try to find out.
Cheers, Midori
Hi again, I'm so glad you have found a few friends since coming to Wales. The Library and conversational Welsh sounds a good idea and you would meet others as well as use the Welsh langusge. I would recommend the free on-line Welsh language course Im doing. Take a look, its a no pressure, fun way to learn. It would also help you be more confident when you return to the library group. It covers - greetings, shopping, animals,workplace, towns sport,and much much more. You can also listen to the correct pronunciation . Its called Duolingo, and it was highly recommended to me.
I would think you would enjoy WI. Our particular one has sub groups... a book group. Welsh group, walking and craft groups. They have trips to the theatre and interesting places. They are not open at the moment of course because of Covid 19, but when they do I would definitely go along to a meeting to see if you like it.
I'm also shielding but have started to go out a couple of times in the week. Take care, Speak soon,
Cheers and best wishes,
Xxx
Many years ago I was a WI member, but they were old and rather stuffy. I'm old, but I hope I'm not stuffy!
Cheers, Midori
A very good afternoon to you Barry
Thank you for your photographic record and history of today’s very interesting walk-about. You certainly are pounding the streets of London!! Well done, very envious.
Looking at today’s images I have to say the wide-angle photograph of Trafalgar Square is wonderful. I used to love going to the National Gallery and spent many happy hours / days / weeks there studying the work of so many incredible artists, all under one roof. I never grew tired of just moving from one painting to another.
I have never seen London looking so empty, even the thousands of pigeons are in lockdown somewhere. Has the road in front of the National Gallery been made into a pedestrian walk way now? I remember well joining the large throng of people below Nelson’s Column looking at all ‘ban the bomb’ signs being waved about and listening to the various speakers. A lifetime ago.
Best wishes and thank you again, Tim.
Thank you, all well. How are you and your wife keeping?
Trying to do a little painting today (interior house decorating), definitely the right weather for it. A slow job but enjoyable.
Where are you off to tomorrow?
The wife and I Fine thank you, not sure about tomorrow, I think that Army museum in Royal Hospital Road is open now, so will go and see. And then go across the river toward the Imperial War Museum which I know is closed but there is some interesting sites around there, Wish me luck! X
What a lovely walk and thank you for the history, looks like you had a lovely day.
Enjoy and good luck, it must be an absolute treat to get out and to just walk and view all the sights of London.
I do chance a bus here and there, they are virtually empty too! .
Great views of the area. 👍
Thank you. I am loving the history lessons and the photos. x
Hi Bazzak, just read your post and photos, thanks, I feel as though I've been on the walk too!
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