Today was another rainy and cool day.

Puddles

We went out early to fetch coffee from the deli, for reasons I’ll explain shortly.

A rainy day in Claremont Square

Although Tigger was not scheduled to work today, her team was having a team lunch and so she of course went in for that. Hence our early start to fit in coffee before she had to set off.

Tigger let me know when the lunch finished and I went off to meet her. Our chosen rendezvous was again the Citizen M hotel.

Aboard the 153

Here I am, aboard the 153, heading towards the City.

Façade, Citizen M Hotel

The traffic was heavy and there were delays but I eventually arrived.

Inside the Citizen M

Tigger had ordered a coffee for me to be prepared when I arrived. They even brought it to our table.

Sculpture, Old Port of London Authority Building

After a coffee and catch-up, we decided to walk to Liverpool Street, as the rain was holding off. We of course photographed s few things along the way, such as this sculpture on the building that was once the offices of the Port of London Authority and is now a private club and hotel.

Every year, the City of London celebrates an event called Sculpture in the City. It takes a while for all the sculptures to be installed but some are already in place and we were able to see some of these.

I must say that I was underwhelmed by the artworks that I have seen so far. Apart from the remark, however, I will not obtrude my own opinions but simple show the works that we saw.

Latent Space
Jack Ekwes

Cosmos
Eva Rothschild

Harlequin Four
Mark Handforth

In Loving Memory
Oliver Bragg

It’s probably necessary to explain in this case that the work of art consists, not in the benches that exist already, but in the brass plaques affixed to them. This one reads:

In loving memory of
a loving memory

Silent Agitator
Ruth Ewan

Burial
Alice Channer

Perhaps we will manage to see some or all of the others in due course.

Arriving at the station

After that, I was quite relieved to reach Liverpool Station where we would catch our 153 bus back to the Angel.

Tigger is on holiday all of next week. How will we use the extra time to ourselves? I’m sure we’ll think of something! 🙂