Monumental

Off monument spotting! Went to oggle the statue of Alison Lepper in Trafalgar Square. Very impressive and quite in keeping with the other statue in the Square that's missing body parts.

Then wandered down to the Battle of Britain memorial on the Embankment. Truly excellent and very exciting.

In wandering between the two walked through the gardens by Embankment. Once you start noticing memorials you see them everywhere. There's a fabulous one to the Imperial Camel Corps. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/
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What a truly fantastic concept! What could be more terrifying than a camel coming towards you at full speed, teeth bared and amorously inclined? How about all that AND a bloke on top with a gun. Of course, if you were in a panzer then the situation is less dire, unless of course it's an armoured camel! The logical conclusion would of course be a dromedary, meaning that one bloke could hit it like hell between the ears with a stick and scream 'hut hut hut hut!' while the other chap mans the small camel mounted rear turret!

Wonder how many other monuments there are dotted about the place? King's Own Baboon Irregulars? Otter Light Foot n' Mouth? Sheep Squad?