A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting Richmond Park in London. I had never been there before or heard anything about the park beforehand so when I saw herds of deer roaming freely it was so amazing. The animals looked so timid and beautiful. They’re wild and get frightened easily so getting good shots of them wasn’t easy. This park is definitely worth a visit for anyone visiting London.

I had lunch at the Gherkin in London today with some work colleges. The Gherkin is also known as the Swiss Re Building but officially it’s 30 St Mary Axe. We had lunch at the bar above the restaurant on the 39th floor and the 360 views of London were just spectacular. The food prices at the bar weren’t bad either. I had the fish and chips which were priced at £11.50. Very reasonable considering the location.

I was walking through Westferry Circus Gardens today in Canary Wharf and saw this little squirrel scavenging for food in the trash bin and hopping around as squirrels do. I snapped away with my camera trying to get a few decent shots in which is never easy with squirrels since they rarely stay still for long.

We don’t have squirrels in Australia, just possums so I always get a little excited whenever I see them in the parks around London. They’re such cute little creatures.

Since it was a nice and sunny day in London today I decided to head out to St James’s Park and take a few photographs. St James’s Park is located in Westminster, right next to Buckingham Palace so there are always heaps of people around taking photos and feeding the birds and squirrels which are all over the park.

There seemed to be more birds on the grass today than usual but I think it may have had something to do with the lake being empty. Well, the ducks at least anyway. It looks like the lake is in the process of getting a major clean up and refill.

The park is also home to heaps of squirrels which are so cute. You can see them hesitantly taking peanuts offered by many of the park’s visitors. You can see one eating a peanut in one of the photos.

I was at Heathrow Airport a couple of weeks ago waiting for my flight to Melbourne via Singapore. It was early in the morning and as I hadn’t had breakfast I was looking for a place to grab a bite in the food court area of Terminal 3. It was quite busy and I didn’t really want to wait in a queue so I decided to head into the Rhubarb Food Bar.

The Rhubarb Food Bar is a little restaurant/cafe type place with nicely dressed waiters. I sat down a looked through the menu and remembered thinking that the breakfast items seemed a little pricey especially amongst the other fast food outlets in the food court. I ended up settling for the miniature English breakfast which came with a miniature bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese and a sweet pastry. It seemed to offer the best value for money.

I didn’t realise that miniature really meant miniature until I saw it. Everything was so tiny even the fried egg. All quite cute actually. The whole meal was also surprisingly satisfying considering its small size. The total cost was £15.50 including a cup of coffee.