{"id":2127,"date":"2022-06-25T17:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T23:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T03:35:23","slug":"kensington-gardens-16-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/uk-2022\/london-5-22\/kensington-gardens-16-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Kensington Gardens, 16 May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Though we&#8217;ve made short forays into the gardens, I had long wanted to see the Italian garden and the Albert Memorial, a plan that in the past had been rained out. But today was a pleasant day and a Monday, so no weekend crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/D0F0E84D-7870-453F-953C-371303982E05-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Italian Garden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/02345809-B208-4719-8CF2-D2032675D1C6-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1440\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1440;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/KensingtonItalian.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HRKensington.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/KensingtonSerpentine.mov\"><\/video><figcaption>Along the Serpentine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/F24AF1B1-4BC4-417B-B4EE-F14C339320EF-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Peter Pan statue, placed in the park in 1912 by JM Barrie\u2014without notice or permission  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Albert Memorial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/D60146EF-083E-48D1-A0F5-DF16B72B4923.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Albert Memorial, erected by Queen Victoria in tribute to her beloved husband<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The major continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas) are represented by women astride massive 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src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1361B2E6-7F0D-403D-B142-E986CEC8CE26-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Albert Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And back. . .<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/309C5CAC-F8CC-44AF-B907-38521F13B89D-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3992A944-E550-482B-8C94-AD6826D87A6B-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/B4798538-E94B-4843-9F3F-E75E793D2F1B-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Kensington Palace, to which the gardens once 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Tomorrow Covid test and packing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though we&#8217;ve made short forays into the gardens, I had long wanted to see the Italian garden and the Albert Memorial, a plan that in the past had been rained out. But today was a pleasant day and a Monday, so no weekend crowds. Italian Garden Along the way Albert Memorial The major continents (Europe,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/uk-2022\/london-5-22\/kensington-gardens-16-may\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kensington Gardens, 16 May<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-london-5-22","tag-gardens","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/2162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}