Saltires over Westminster
On a recent trip to London we stayed just across the river from the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. Given the amount of air traffic overhead, on the approach to Heathrow, it's maybe not surprising that a few contrails should cross and give the effect of the saltire, the diagonal cross which forms the Scottish flag.
With five and a half months to go until the vote on Scottish independence, you might see portents in the sky according to your political view. A heavenly sign of independence, or the continuation of the Union?
But I'm not going to get into politics! Our reason for being in London was our daughter's Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award presentation at St James's Palace. The presentation was by Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh himself at over 90 no longer doing many presentations. Prince Edward was very chatty with the recipients, and John Loughton, founding director of dare2lead, gave an inspirational speech. But imagine the luck of a more recent presentation group, who had Benedict Cumberbatch as their inspirational speaker...
Many congratulations to your daughter! So glad you had the chance to go to London. And as you say, those views could be used by either side in the debate...
ReplyDelete.... yes, I'm imagining that right now... mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Linda,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your daughter for such an award, and what a perfect day for it. Of course, you know that the conspriracy theorists would try to have us believe that the contrails you mention are in fact mind controlling gases that the government are spraying us with? lol
Congrats on your daugher's award! A proud mama moment!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your daughter, Linda! Love your pics.
ReplyDeleteCongratulation to your daughter!! Great pictures! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the charming vocabulary lesson (contrail and saltire) and warm congratulations to your daughter!
ReplyDeleteI love the Saltires over Westminster and think we agree on their symbolism! Many congratulations to your daughter. I take my hat off to her: Gold is a really impressive achievement.
ReplyDeleteMust confess to being unmoved by Mr. Cumberbatch. A good enough actor but he looks as if he's caught in a wind tunnel. Perhaps your daughter is more attuned to his appeal, however? ;)