St Patrick's Day - not over - it's today! Monday!

 The weekend may be over but Monday March 17 th 2025 is St Patrick's Day.  (See my previous posts.) 

Green, white and orange balllons outside Wetherspoons pub, The Moon & Sixpence, in Hatch End. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

The orange, white and green balloons brighten the Broadway in Hatch End in north west London. The balloons decorate the seating area at the front of The Moon And Sixpence Wetherspoons pub.

Who climbs up to install those balloons? Your questions are answered by a sign just inside the door.

Balloons by Nation Events. Sign at Wetherspoons pub. 

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

In case you wondered about the colours, they are the colours of the flat of Ireland, Eire.

Flag and Balloons Outside Wetherspoons Pub In Hatch End, North West London.

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

For those at work, there's still lunch time and Monday evening. For students and the retired, or anybody who chooses to take a day off, you can party any time of day, or all day.

I think of the songs I heard in school when I was a child growing up in England, and also on the radio. 

When Irish eyes are smiling. In Dublin's fair city where the maids are so pretty ,,,

Flowers At the Moon & Sixpence Weatherspoon Pub

The flowers are out in London after a heatwave. I feel freezing cold, returning to the UK from Hong Kong and Singapore. The London temperature is now 20 degrees C, according to a handy kitchen clock which gives not only the time but all sorts of other useful information, of which the most useful is the temperature.

I went onto a temperature conversion website to find out what 20 degrees means in fahrenheit. It is 68 degrees f. I know sixty is chilly but 70 is warm. Why do I feel so cold at 20? Is it because I am tired?

The apples are dropping from the trees. The figs are not yet ripe. England's wine growers have had a great year.

However, parts of France have not been doing so well. Hail hits in the cooler areas of the cooler countries, not Italy and Portugal but Northern France. Where exactly? French areas of the Loire and Bordeaux are susceptible to hail which can arrive suddenly. Hail stones the size of golf balls can not only spoil the grapes. Hail stones can damage or destroy the support system, the roots of the vines.

So, as you sip your wine, beer, juice or water, or tea or coffee, just enjoy the picture of flowers in sunny weather outside the Wetherspoons Moon & Sixpence pub. This branch has tables at the from if you like to see and be seen, watching traffic and passers-by, or tables in the garden at the back. Several more restaurants in Hatch End and London have outdoor seating for eating and drinking.

http://www.rapidtables.com/convert/temperature/celsius-to-fahrenheit.htm
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs

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

Hatch End Dec 18 2015 Horse and Carriage Sleigh Rides

Christmas trees with free local delivery from Bellass

Horse and Carriage Sleigh rides from outside Bella's

YOU CAN HEAR IT CLIP CLOP PAST.

Tickets to ride £3.50.

From 4.30 to 8.30 pm Friday Dec 18 2015.

At Hearden's around the corner, yes, the funeral parlour, they're creating a Santa's grotto to open at 5 pm.

Somebody is supposed to be serving mulled wine. 

The pub, Moon and Sixpence, has a tree outside another inside, and staff in festive tee-shirts. 

Clip, clop. Here comes the sleigh!

Photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. More photos available.

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Angela Lansbury travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.