After the heady excitement of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the
annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony that followed a couple of weeks later
was a bit like a random cousin that didn’t get much attention.
We woke up on the morning of the parade and thought that since we
had missed the vast majority of the Diamond Jubilee festivities through being
in Holland over the long weekend, we had best make the effort to get out there
and see what it was all about.
It was a nice sentiment, but if we’re honest, we just really weren’t
that enthused.
We felt tired and sluggish after a long week at work, and the
weather was looking typically ordinary so we rolled over and went back to
sleep.
We woke up again at 10:30 and realized that a fork in the road was
fast approaching…if we wanted to go, then we needed to get cracking. Somewhat
begrudgingly,
