Summer Streets at Regent Street

Hello there! In case you're wondering what to do now that the weather's so nice, why not take advantage of the temporary pedestrianisation of Regent Street? I often go there, since there's a toyshop there (I do like to catch up with my family every so often), but it's usually full of cars and buses. Every weekend in July, elves and humans not in cars can walk around in Regent Street without worrying about being flattened by buses, since stores have been set up in the road itself!

There are flowers in the road too. Look, here's an 'R' for 'Regent Street'! I'm glad they didn't try and spell out the whole street name, though, or it would have been most uncomfortable for hayfever sufferers!

The street is very long, so I've taken a minute to sit down on a haystack (found also in the middle of the road. Naturally.) and a Regent Street Guide, which is given away free at information points. The guide itself would make an excellent souvenir!

There are lots of events too. The Big Dance was here last week, operating from an old-style Routemaster bus. The dancing itself, however, took place in a little fenced-off area just in front of the bus, presumably so that any passing ticket inspectors wouldn't have a fit.

Oh, there was one car on the road, but thankfully it was stationary. It sells ice cream - it was there last week, and today I went too and it was still selling ice cream so it's probably there every weekend in July. It's right outside Liberty, the department store which has a very old-style shopfront just off Regent Street, and is most famous for selling fabrics and luxury goods.

Icebar London had two dogs to drum up attention. This picture is a bit blurry because I was trembling rather a lot. The dog behind me was absolutely massive, and probably counts the direwolf as a close relation.

Those brave humans behind me were happy to stroke him, but I'm fine. Really. No, you go ahead and stroke him too. I'll just stay here.

Phew. And I'm just off to Godiva to get some ice cream to help calm my nerves. Nothing like chocolate ice cream to calm the nerves.........at least that's my excuse.

See you around,

Elf Dryadalis

p.s. I'm now also on Twitter. What do you call a tweeting elf? A Tweetelf? A Twelfer? Follow me, if you like, at @ElfDryadalis !