The platforms were literally spilling! Train approaching!
The same can't be said inside the train too!
It feels just like Japan subways at peak hour!
Off to the countdown!
Overview of the...
damn overcrowded streets
Booze shop, that's where everyone is heading too!
Some of this and some of that....
Trying to get to the best vantage points!
And the fireworks are off!
Here we are at the London 2010 New year day parade
Held at Piccadilly circus
There are few iconic displays
Many marching bands
And cheer leading groups too!
The parade saw itself many popular sights in London
A marching band in green
And another in red!
Fancy marching and blowing?
Interesting costumes on display
Traditional horse drawn carriages
And vintage autos too!
All um loaded up?
Colourful costumes are part of the dress code
Bonus points for the multi colour flags!
And the watching crowd keeps coming
Woo japan!
A far view of where the parade's coming from
Any band with uber chrome instruments floats my boat!
may the force be with you
Tractors + floats = win!
Guess they were sticking to the dress code.
More parade music on march
flatbed is the way to travel in groups
don't recall having the punkin on a truck.
More cheer leaders!
Kiddy clowns!
Many of the truck floats serve as good muscial platforms
A high school contingent
with a band of their own to boot too.
That's all folks for what I have for parade!
The destination after a long rail trip
And here I am at London!
Paddington rail station to be exact
Diggin the old chunky industrial look the station has
A mix of old and the new, but still all round old. :P
I spy with my little eye, children on a bear
Not any bear, but Paddington bear himself!
On the london underground
The station do get rather packed at times, but the trains are regular enough to clear them up