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As I'm away on holiday at the moment and haven't filmed any really fresh film as a result, this episode will have automatically appeared on LLTV's feed by the 'future date' scheduler. Filmed at the same time as the 'Bus Ride Through The City' episode, this journey starts at Aldwych and takes a bus ride down Fleet Street to St. Paul's Cathedral. It is not as 'exciting' as the City journey but again you do get to see the people and the buildings in this very old part of London. I hope I'm having a great time on holiday and will be back to start filming 'Summer In The City 2008' soon!

This is more of stroll through part of London's extensive Theatreland. It lasts just over 80 minutes and starts in Trafalgar Square (Charing Cross Underground - Zone 1 - Bakerloo and Northern Lines) Take the exit from the subway marked 'Trafalgar Square' and walk to the base of the Nelson Column facing towards the Tower of Big Ben. After an extensive description of Trafalgar Square and the Nelson Column, we walk aroud the square and look at the grand buildings, including Admiralty Arch, Canada House, National Gallery, St Martin-in-the-Fields and South Africa House. The walk then continues down to the River Thames and the Playhouse Theatre. From here, depending on the visibility and the weather, there is a choice of crossing and re-crossing the river by way of the Golden Jubilee bridges, from which there are unrivalled views of the London skyline in both directions, or walking under the Arches to Embankment Underground and thence back to Charing Cross station forecourt - the centre of London as measured from mileposts and mapping. Most of Little Adelphi is covered on my Covent Garden walk, but we do walk along John Adam Street and look at the lovely buildings in the streets, including the home of Samuel Pepys near the old Watergate, and the Royal Society of Arts. Returning to The Strand, we admire the glass fronted Coutts Bank with its revolving full-size tree and haunted banking hall. From this point on, it's all about the theatre. We pass the Adelphi with its fantastic Art Deco facade. Nearby is the Vaudeville. By Carting Lane we visit the old Coal Hole Tavern, once the haunt of Thames barge coal heavers. Then we enter Savoy Court with its world famous luxury hotel (now being refurbished) and the Savoy Theatre, originally showcase of the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. After that, we pass the Strand Palace Hotel, the Lyceum Theatre, Drury Lane, the Aldwych Theatre (pictured above) and Bush House, home of the BBC World Service. The walk ends with a choice. You can either walk up Kingsway to Holborn Underground (Central Line Zone 1) or end at Covent Garden Piazza just off to the left up Drury Lane. The Covent Garden Underground station is on the Piccadilly Line, and is near all the attractions of Covent Garden, including the Royal Opera House and the newly refurbished London Transport Museum.

We reach the concluding episode of the Summer In The City 2007 journey, where we visit the BBC World Service's HQ at Bush House, also Australia House, go to church and end up at the pub! The episode starts by looking back at Covent Garden and then walks past a couple of theatres holding major productions such as Lord Of The Rings. The walk then takes us to Aldwych where we find the magnificent Bush House, home of the BBC World Service. We then take a look at Australia House before entering St. Clements Church, spiritual home of the military Royal Air Force. At midday we hear the bells playing the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons' - see the website http://www.rhymes.org.uk/oranges_and_lemons.htm which shows the lyrics that mentions this church. After this church visit it's time to go over the road to that age old British institution for some very different spirits, the public house (or 'pub'). The George has been around for hundreds of years and is a great place to finally rest our legs after that long journey. I hope you enjoyed Summer In The City 2007 - normal content programming from London Landscape TV resumes from next week.