Halloween, Ice Skating, Santa Dash and Fireworks

What a busy time for restaurants and families worldwide in October and November.

*We've got Halloween celebrations on Saturday 29th. Chuck restaurant has had signs on the pavement (called sidewalk if you are reading in America) this week. As an added prompt, leaflets landed through the letterboxes to remind local residents on Friday.

*On the same shopping parade in Hatch End, The Broadway, the Party Shop has a window full costumes and flashing lights.

* Tesco and Morrisons supermarkets are full of outfits to wear; and paper plates; and decorations; and festive cakes.

*Diwali celebrated by our Hindu friends on Sunday 30th October this year.

*Fireworks have been heard in London this week, I presume for Diwali.

*Fireworks again: then in the UK we have November 5th, Guy Fawkes Night, and banners are up all over north London for the public firework displays. Harrow has a firework display. You have to go into the display grounds but I'm sure you'll see many fireworks from a distance.

*The Londoner newspaper reminded me that Ice skating has already started outside London's natural History Museum, where Christmas lights have been turned on.

*The Evening Standard, which is a free newspaper given out on stations and in shops, has a full page advertisement summons everybody to prepare to join in the annual Santa dash in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Saturday 4th December 2016. Clapham Common.5 k or 10k festive run.
londonsantadash.co.uk

*Final Fireworks - Dec 31st - New Year's Eve at midnight in: central London; Edinburgh in Scotland; and worldwide; because of the time difference starting down under and in Asia and the Far East, for example in Singapore, then Europe.

Natural History Museum Ice Rink - information, pictures and booking tickets
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/ice-rink.html

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.