You know you are in London when...

…there is a brass band playing in the park on Sunday!

Although, to be honest, the other major activity in the park was most un-English. It was a rather spirited game of Australian Rules Football being played between the Wandsworth Demons and the Putney Magpies.

I arrived just after the bounce and spent a great couple of hours watching the game. The play wasn’t exactly professional standard, but there was some definite talent amongst the players and the game flowed freely. The Magpies eventually took the day, to the disappointment of the home team Demons, although most of the crowd didn't seem to notice.

The carnival atmosphere of the day was pretty well summed up by one of the goal umpires who much preferred to signal the scoring of a Behind as it meant he didn’t have to put down his beer…

Oh, and as for the brass band… I managed to find that at half time while looking for a beer myself… in the end I settled for an ice-cream and 5 minutes listening to a medley of hits from Grease before returning to the game.