TTOTY.....

.....stands for That Time of the Year, which it is, with November showing off the finest of autumn colours. The first scene is a fine avenue in Hyde Park, followed by a back-lighting shot in St. James's Park. The bagged-up of leaves come from one of the finest small open spaces in central London, Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Crossing the river to nearer home, I'm in the gardens of the Imperial War Museum, with the falling leaves complementing the fallen Russian people in WWII. Kennington Road weaves abstract patterns in the tarmac, and another back-lighting view through the trees lends it an almost Continental air.Read more