Today R and I met up with some ex-labmates and we all played tourist in London.  This gave me a great excuse to wear my new summer skirt.  The skirt pattern is Study Hall skirt by Anna Maria Horner and the fabric is part of the Red Letter Day collection by Lizzy House.

I love the Red Letter Day fabrics and I’m very happy with the way my new skirt turned out.  The pattern is a bit of a faff, with lots of pattern pieces, but construction was easy and the instructions were clear.

I’ve been living in London for nearly six years and have seen many of the sights but today was my most touristy day.  We sat in the sunshine, on the huge steps at the bottom of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square.  Directly in front of us was the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben’s tower but the road to it was closed off.  It was closed because as we watched, up drove a horse and carriage carrying the Queen and Philip returning from the Trooping of the Colour.  We giggled.  We hadn’t realised today was the big parade day.

On a whim we walked down The Mall and ended up in front of Buckingham Palace.  There was quite a crowd and it turned out that the whole royal family were due on the balcony for a flyover by a variety of RAF planes.

Needless to say R was in his element, naming the different uniforms that surrounded us and being wowed as the planes flew over head.  I giggled.

A very fun day was had.