Flooded fields by the old mill near Claydon
A SwiftKey Memorial Service, Covent Garden, London - 13th March 2020
It's the memorial service for SwiftKey colleague Simon Wood, who died at the end of July 2019. The memorial is held at the St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden in London - otherwise known as the "Actors' Church" - where a large group from the choir that Simon was in, the Wimbledon Choral Society, is in attendance and sings three numbers, two which were commisioned specially for Simon's Requiem for Cancer fundraisers. As the group from SwiftKey is right in front of the choir, we get the full immersive surround-sound experience, which is something special. It's also clear, wandering around Covent Garden for a bit before the service, that things are quieter than usual, thanks to the growing threat from the Coronavirus. One of the street entertainers ends up performing to just a single small boy. Afterwards, we head over for tea at the Oaksmere.
next album: A Trip to Cooke's Music, St. Benedict's Street, Norwich - 14th March 2020
previous album: A Trip to High Lodge, Brandon, Suffolk - 7th March 2020
The burned-down Fison warehouse looms into view
The wrecked remains of the Fison's North Warehouse
Concrete and destroyed Victorian ironwork
All that remains of the Fison's North Warehouse
Graffiti on a brick building
Blurred lines
Part of the derelict Wardle-Storey factory
Tatty plastic sheeting on a derelict building
Mudflats at Brantham
The Manningtree sewage works
The derelict water tower in Manningtree
Class 37 Pegasus at Manningtree
The station at Manningtree
A side street near Covent Garden tube station
Looking back up James Street
St Paul's Church
Covent Garden 'piazza'
Covent Garden's Apple Market
The limbo dancer has a chat
The Punch and Judy pub in Covent Garden
Inside the old market
The front of St. Paul's church
An art market in Covent Garden
Funky designs on the Jubilee Market Hall
A big clock on Southampton Street
Trade is slow at the VyTa café
Closed down shops, including Patisserie Valerie
Inside the Actors' Church of St. Paul's
The congragation builds up
The congregation files out after the service
St. Paul's Church
Outside the church
Some dude reads a book
The path to the church, contra jour
The back of St. Paul's Church, from Bedford Street
A couple of K6 phoneboxes in Covent Garden
Covent Garden tube station
Inside Covent Garden tube
Down on the platform
A tube train heads off to Cockfosters
People appear from nowhere to board the train
We head over to the Oaksmere for tea
Harry and Fred play Pokémon
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Flooded fields by the old mill near Claydon
Flooded fields by the old mill near Claydon
The burned-down Fison warehouse looms into view
The wrecked remains of the Fison's North Warehouse
Concrete and destroyed Victorian ironwork
All that remains of the Fison's North Warehouse
Graffiti on a brick building
Blurred lines
Part of the derelict Wardle-Storey factory
Tatty plastic sheeting on a derelict building
Mudflats at Brantham
The Manningtree sewage works
The derelict water tower in Manningtree
Class 37 Pegasus at Manningtree
The station at Manningtree
A side street near Covent Garden tube station
Looking back up James Street
St Paul's Church
Covent Garden 'piazza'
Covent Garden's Apple Market
The limbo dancer has a chat
The Punch and Judy pub in Covent Garden
Inside the old market
The front of St. Paul's church
An art market in Covent Garden
Funky designs on the Jubilee Market Hall
A big clock on Southampton Street
Trade is slow at the VyTa café
Closed down shops, including Patisserie Valerie
Inside the Actors' Church of St. Paul's
The congragation builds up
The congregation files out after the service
St. Paul's Church
Outside the church
Some dude reads a book
The path to the church, contra jour
The back of St. Paul's Church, from Bedford Street
A couple of K6 phoneboxes in Covent Garden
Covent Garden tube station
Inside Covent Garden tube
Down on the platform
A tube train heads off to Cockfosters
People appear from nowhere to board the train
We head over to the Oaksmere for tea
Harry and Fred play Pokémon