title	The Extinction Rebellion Protest, Westminster, London - 9th October 2019
intro	This week's two days cycle-commuting through London to the Paddington office has the slight twist that part of the route - through Trafalgar Square - is completely closed on account of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) sit-in protest. As it happens, cyclists are definitely not the enemy, and so it's an interesting diversion to get off and walk through tent city and catch a bit of the protest vibe. On the way back, the top end of the Mall, at Admiralty, is also closed, which means diverting past the Houses of Parliament with a chance to see what's going on in Parliament Square. Before that, there's a night out at Station 119 brewery tap room on Eye airfield.
imgc5063	The Anubis-head graffiti is being painted over
imgc5064	Funky tag near Liverpool Street
imgc5065	Graffiti on a penthouse flat
imgc5066	Slightly indecipherable graffiti tag
imgc5067	Gerts graffiti on a brick wall
imgc5068	Reptilians graffiti
imgc5070	The crossing buttons at Hyde Park Corner are bust
imgc5074	Marc and Suey in Station 119's tap-room bar
imgc5075	The tap room at Station 119
imgc5076	Suey and Marc raise a glass
imgc5077	Mick the Brick heads off
imgc5078	Suey and Marc look at their devices
imgc5079	Marc chats away
imgc5080	Class 37 37424 smokes its way through Diss station
imgc5081	Class 37 37403 heads off to Norwich
imgc5083	Northumberland Avenue is blocked off
imgc5084	Another banner on Northumberland Avenue
imgc5085	Tent City in Trafalgar Square
imgc5086	People roam around under a "Tell the truth" banner
imgc5087	More tent city
imgc5088	The top of Whitehall is all tents
imgc5089	A businessman walks past an oil=boil banner
imgc5090	Someone's hung their washing out to dry
imgc5091	Looking up towards the Strand
imgc5094	Some dude sits on top of a van
imgc5095	People have come from far, wide, and Stoke
imgc5096	A cyclist stops for a chat
imgc5098	Nelson's Column gets some flags and flyers added
imgc5099	There's a good vibe around the site
imgc5101	You're burning our future
imgc5104	A Trafalgar lion has an XR medallion around its neck
imgc5106	An optimistic XR placard
imgc5108	More tents in Trafalgar Square
imgc5112	Some chalk-based protest statements
imgc5114	Nelson's column
imgc5115	Birdcage Walk is also closed off
imgc5116	Tents on the streets near Westminster
imgc5118	A lone drummer prowls the closed roads
imgc5120	There's a mass of police in Parliament Square
imgc5121	A bicycle rickshaw in Parliament Square
imgc5122	A worried-looking woman is talked to by the rozzers
imgc5126	The scene in Parliament Square
imgc5127	Westminster Bridge is certainly quieter than usual
imgc5131	Rozzers on horseback on Whitehall
imgc5132	On the second day, there's a sit-in going on
imgc5135	Whitehall is very quiet
imgc5136	A Climate Justice banner
imgc5139	The sit-in protestors get a pep talk
imgc5140	There are even more tents today
imgc5141	There's also a new pink octopus floating around
imgc5144	A better world is possible
imgc5146	Change is Now
imgc5148	A Love banner
imgc5149	There are a couple of pianos in Trafalgar Square
imgc5151	Some people are dressed up
imgc5152	There's a much heavier police presence this time
imgc5154	There's a camping vibe in St. James's Park
imgc5155	Some dude has a "Make Britain green again" sign
imgc5156	Protestors carry some oversized bees on a stick
imgc5157	A big sit-in occurs on Horseguard's Parade
imgc5159	People on the streets of Westminster
imgc5160	"West is a bollx farmet" and other anti-farmer graffiti