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| A beautiful day, the parka is new so even though it was warm she had to be a character from the Mighty Boosh. |
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| While not the biggest building it is very imposing and beautifully designed. People of all ages were there. |
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| A small section of the thousands of names of lives lost in battle. |
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| Everything is so big here. |
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| Wall detail. |
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| On the very far horizon you can see the flag waving atop parliament house. |
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| These mosaics were mind boggling. Stunning works of art. Almost religious in their depiction of the type of hero's our country produced. |
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| Such a serious and solemn room, but how much does this chap look like Gene Kelly? |
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| Training cockpit. |
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| There were so many aircraft. |
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| The service at the end of the day was beautiful. Tallulah was enthralled. Some men my age were told off by a senior gentleman for not removing their hats during the last post. Ignorance in the modern age and a real lack of awareness of how much our grandparents and great grandparents sacrificed and went through to protect and improve our lives. I am no advocate of war, but I completely support the defenders of our lives and home and country. I keep my grandfathers uniform at the back of my wardrobe. A reminder every day. |
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| Everything about this place was imposing, including the piper. You can just make him out in the previous photo. |
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| A pensive mood prevailed as we filed out and they closed the iron gates behind us. We took our final shots and parted, feeling very lucky and very sad. A strong sense of being terribly spoiled and also a bit of fear for what can happen any time. How would we cope if there was a world war now? Food for thought indeed. |
