Windsor Christmas Lights

At 5:30 this afternoon (well it was dark so whilst technically afternoon I would rather think of it as night) we joined many fellow Windsorians in the cold and dark to watch the Christmas lights turn on. The ceremony was preceded by carols and a lantern march from Eaton to Castle Hill.

The Queen has donated the tree that now sits outside Henry VIII gate and she lit the round tower for the occasion. So at 5:30pm the band stopped and, following the mayor's short (thankfully) speech the lights adorning both the tree and Peascod Street we lit. Imagine our view. We stood just downhill of the tree with the spectacularly lit round tower in the background. As the twinkling tree lights lit we turned and took in the view down Peascod Street as the suspended lights there twinkled also. It was only a few degrees outside so everyone was rugged up. There is something special about Christmas in the cold.

Can't wait now for Copenhagen. Just over four weeks....