Bomb scare - Central London
London police carried out a controlled explosion of a car bomb at 1 am this morning. This happened one block from where I work in Haymarket (Central London).
As I made my way into work this morning I had no idea that this had happened. The journey into work had been slightly more difficult than usual - the bus stopping in Holborn nd the tubes not stopping at Piccadilly Station. Not deterred (or aware of anything unusual) I proceeded to walk - like many others- to Piccadilly via Holborn /Covent Garden/ Leceister Sq. As I arrived near Haymarket, all the streets were sealed off with police tape. It was a surreal experience to see usually busy streets completely quiet, cornered off and guarded by police with press photographers huddled together at the bottom of the street, trying to capture the action (i.e nothing).
One of the most endearing and also frustrating aspect of british culture I think is what i would qualify as a "get on with it attitude". There was very little information available on the streets, but people just got on with it and continued their journey into work. No complaints or aggressive behaviour. Which to an extent should be expected given the seriousness of the threat. But I can only wonder what the reaction would have been like in France.
As I made my way into work this morning I had no idea that this had happened. The journey into work had been slightly more difficult than usual - the bus stopping in Holborn nd the tubes not stopping at Piccadilly Station. Not deterred (or aware of anything unusual) I proceeded to walk - like many others- to Piccadilly via Holborn /Covent Garden/ Leceister Sq. As I arrived near Haymarket, all the streets were sealed off with police tape. It was a surreal experience to see usually busy streets completely quiet, cornered off and guarded by police with press photographers huddled together at the bottom of the street, trying to capture the action (i.e nothing).
One of the most endearing and also frustrating aspect of british culture I think is what i would qualify as a "get on with it attitude". There was very little information available on the streets, but people just got on with it and continued their journey into work. No complaints or aggressive behaviour. Which to an extent should be expected given the seriousness of the threat. But I can only wonder what the reaction would have been like in France.
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