London - Trafalgar Square, The London Cycle Race, The Churchill War Rooms

London is amazing!  Just too many things to see and do.   On Sunday 4th August we took the tube train to St James Park to see the changing of the Queens Mounted Guards / Cavalry:
London mounted police:

 The Queens Horse Guards:

 Horse Guardsman on duty:

 No, he didn't flinch at all - only moved when he marched to another position:

 The Queens Horse Guards arrive to change places with other guards starting their duties:

 Emily is impressed with the beautiful horses:

 Here are some of the MANY cyclists competing in the 100 mile London ride; amazing atmosphere!

 Lucky to get a shot like this - road closed for the cycle race

 London phone box with Lord Nelson's column in the background:

 Trafalgar Square and the cycle race:

 Emily at the base of Lord Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square:

 Emily loved the lion statues:

 So many people in Trafalgar Sqaure:

 Note the blue cockerel artwork on temporary display in Trafalgar Square:

 OK, how did this busker stay floating in the air?

 St Martin in the Fields Church:

 Inside St Martin in the Fields Church:

 Under the church is the Crypt cafe / restaurant; on the floor you can see the headstones of some of the many people who were buried here.

 The Churchill War Rooms:

 Famous visitors signed this Visitors book during the Second World War:

 A coding / decoding machine to send secret war messages:

 Emily examines the interactive displays:

 One of the main war rooms. Some of the rooms remain the same as they were when they were vacated at the end of the Second World War in 1945.

 Winston Churchill's bedroom in the underground war rooms: