Pic of the Day London

Mounted police in Covent Garden on Neal Street. They are such a tourist magnet so it’s impossible to take a picture without a crowd of people taking selfies with them.
This is a really clever safety presentation video made by Air New Zealand and WETA Workshop to celebrate their sponsorship of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey“. It starts off with an Elvish stewardess welcoming you on the plane. Hobbits, Orcs, Elves and even Gollum makes and appearance. It;s brilliant. Watch out for the links at…
Watch this silly cat having a fight with a cat statue and going totally bonkers.
Getting into the mood for the Royal Wedding next week, Tate and Lyle are holding an exhibition of Royal Wedding Cakes and the history of wedding cakes over the years. There are some stunning creations of cakes using Royal Icing. The Let Them Eat Cake exhibition if held at Wellington Arch and it is free…
Paddington Bear is that adorable little fellow in duffle coat and wellies and you have probably been seeing him all over London recently. There are over 50 bears around town, to coincide with the upcoming Paddington film. Each bear is designed by a celebrity and you can find a map of the Paddington trail here: http://www.visitlondon.com/paddington/trail-map…
The snow globe was erected to protect the famous Eros statue from vandalism during the Christmas period. It is filled with “snow” and there are wind blowers in the globe to snowflakes around. The globe is a temporary structure and will be in place until January. Update: unfortunately, storms caused the globe to burst before…
How clever are these squirrels? It took them 2 weeks to train the squirrels to work through their obstacle course. This little squirrel went through it over 20 times in one day. How is that for persistence?