A visit to St Paul's Cathedral

Ludgate was not crowded.  There had been talk of snow.  Perhaps some people stayed home.

Inside the Cathedral visitors hovered near the western entrance.  I stood near the racks of candles and cast my eyes down the nave - past the Duke of Wellington Monument, past the dome, to a person near the high altar making ready for evensong.

Turning around and looking up, there were electronic trumpets on either side of the walkway that joins the north and south corridors of the triforium, high above the worshippers.  I'll have to come back another day to see its hidden treasures.

Just before leaving Jakarta I visited Gereja Sion (De Nieuwe Portugueesche Buitenkerk), thought to be the oldest remaining church in the city - built from 1693-1695, with a bell cast in Batavia in 1675 and an 18th century pipe organ.  The church is still in use, with electric guitars to complement the organ and elaborate floral arrangements from Cikini flower market.  Built on marsh, about 10,000 wooden piles support the brick, granite and ebony structure.

It's dark early these days.  I caught the DLR from Bank to Limehouse and booked Christmas lunch at a place on the river.  I made this drawing looking across the water to Canary Wharf.