27/10/26 - Westminster

Corridors of PowerNo map this time - The City of Westminster is about 6 km north to south and 5 km east to west. Today's walk concentrates on a thin strip along the river - from Westminster Bridge down to Vauxhall Bridge and no more than a couple of streets back.As usual, the guidebook commentary runs to pages. The area is packed with history going back centuries and into recent times. My blog will concentrate on the items that tickled my interest.First - obtain a GPS Signal - among the statues of Parliament Square, where I notice a glitch in the matix.Waiting for the next civil disturbance Zooming in, shows it's hauntedThe Jewel Tower is easy to miss but provides fascinating history;The Jewel Tower, built in 1365–66 for Edward III, is one of the few surviving remnants of the medieval Palace of Westminster. Designed by master mason Henry Yevele, it originally stored royal valuables and stood beside the king’s private garden, protected by a moat. It survived the fire of 1834 that…