Appealing to the divine

The opening lines of the opening hymn in church yesterday were, "Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways."  It was made more exquisite as it was chosen before the referendum vote.
Didn't get around to posting this blog (though I did tweet it) as I went to London in the afternoon to meet some friends in Hyde Park.  Getting off at Hyde Park Corner tube station, I was affronted by the Green Zone of Baghdad transported to the eastern end of the park and had to walk the long way around the forthcoming music festival ground to get to the Serpentine, after I thought, "Well, how far can this fence go?"  The Emerald City went quite far.  But it was relaxing by the Serpentine with the friends.