October 2009 - Westminster Walks

Que sera sera

by Joanna | Oct 19, 2009 | Londonist, Mayfair, toe

Not even a week after getting my badge I am already out of action with a broken toe. I tripped over the hem of my pyjama trousers which made me lose my balance and I slammed my toes against the door jamb. I think I woke my neighbours up with my exclamations of pain....

My first Westminster Walk

by Joanna | Oct 18, 2009 | Chequers, Gentleman's London, guiding, Red Lion, St James's

Organising my first walk as a qualified guide on the evening after the badge ceremony was possibly not one of my better ideas. I should know by now that where wine is available my common sense disappears. However although I had suffered during the day from...

Ceremony at City Hall

by Joanna | Oct 18, 2009 | badge, ceremony, Lord Mayor of Westminster, Plate Room, tobacco box

Arriving on the 18th floor of Westminster City Hall in Victoria Street I was rather nervous. I was about to get my guiding badge from the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Duncan Sandys, great grandson of Winston Churchill and at age 35 the youngest person ever to hold this...

Que sera sera

My first Westminster Walk

Ceremony at City Hall

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