Anyone for croquet in Trafalgar Square?

[made of stone]

BBC NEWS | England | London | Trafalgar Square green with turf

 

[Goldiegirl]

Cool. It looks so different with grass. It's a good idea to get everyone's attention for the need of green spaces in a city. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Iron Chef]

That shot looks a lot like Odori koen in downtown Sapporo (minus the monument, or maybe replace it with the clock tower). I'd swear those fountains are identical. Nice pic.

 

[Alma]

interesting... but, isn't this more for Eupedia Forum? (it could use some kind of revival)

 

[Sarapva]

A nice sunny day in England! Good picture! What usually covers Trafalgar Square?

 

[made of stone]

Many thanks for the comments guys!!

Trafalgar Square's usally covered in big slabs of stone, I think it looked so nice covered with grass, and everyone certainly seems to be enjoying it in the pics i've seen!

Alas, the day after this pic hit the net (yeasterday, that is) I ventured to TS to take a look...to hopefully take some snaps to post here for my fellow, intrepid Jreffers, and all the grass was gone...

'twas back to stone slabs. Many folk were walking around, looking for a blade or two of grass to call their own, but to no avail...

Very sad.

 

[EmperorHirohito]

Pity the grass was only there for two days mos, would happily popped down to London for a game of croquet followed by a pint.

Our inner cities need more green spaces, tarmac and concrete doesnt need to cover everything.

 

[Sarapva]

There's a humorous aspect to all this - grass so coveted that it's laid out somewhere for a few days, then snatched up jealously to be taken somewhere else .....

 

[made of stone]

Pity the grass was only there for two days mos, would happily popped down to London for a game of croquet followed by a pint.

Our inner cities need more green spaces, tarmac and concrete doesnt need to cover everything.

Sir, you are a man after me own heart! To have had a quick few rounds, with beer in hand, would have been rather delightful! And where was Rolf, when one's nation needed him more for his artistic duties (ie to drive home the pegs!)??

(Fairweather honourary-Pomme that he is!!)

 

[Flashjeff]

Well, in any event, that was absolutely fascinating, seeing grass where none had ever been before. An amazing sight. I would also agree that inner cities should be greener, not just more trees, but grass and flowers as well.

 

[made of stone]

There's a humorous aspect to all this - grass so coveted that it's laid out somewhere for a few days, then snatched up jealously to be taken somewhere else .....

Absolutely, Sarapva san! How cynical this all was, in a way. In fact, it was a stunt to publicise both London and its green spaces (of which there are undoubtedly very many, and a very many beautiful ones, in fact). But, here they are - ripping the turf away, a mere couple of days after it went down! I read about it in the paper, went the next day, and it was gone!*

We must also remember that the London Assembly are every year cutting down countless trees in the capital (beautiful, magnificent, full-grown providers of human-essential oxygen, mind) merely in order to not be held in any way legally-accountable if the roots of those trees damage building foundations...





*This might equally be a comment on the sheep-like masses, who will visit an internationally-famous monument while they are on holiday, but probably won't make the effort to walk five minutes down the road to the beautiful St James' Park to feed the ducks.