Monday, October 17, 2005
Full Nelson
To celebrate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar (200 years ago this Friday) I thought it might be appropriate to pay a special visit to Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory. And then I thought no, stuff that, Portsmouth isn't even in Zone 6, I'll head for Trafalgar Square instead. So this week I shall be wandering around London's most famous public space, investigating everything from the obscure to the iconic. I shan't be venturing outside the edge of the square, so there's no National Gallery, no South Africa House, no St Martin-in-the-Fields and no Admiralty Arch. But rest assured that there's still plenty to see within Trafalgar Square itself, and not just that big column with a half-blind sailor perched on the top. Read on.
• Trafalgar Square webcam
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