On the 11th of July I went to Trafalgar Square about 3.30pm because I had heard of the Fourth Plinth “art” project by Antony Gormley.  Basically, one person stands on the Fourth Plinth (these are usually reserved for statues of Kings) for an hour, and they have a different person there every hour for 3 months.  People can do whatever they like when they’re up there.  Because Trafalgar Square and The National Gallery are such massive tourist attractions, there’s no shortage of people to see them.  Here’s the official link: http://www.oneandother.co.uk/

When I went along, there was a lady with red and white balloons, but because she was so high up I couldn’t see what charity or whatever she was supporting.  But she was friendly and waved to everyone and I felt important when she waved to me.

Right on the hour she had to get down and an old guy got up, he took a deckchair and sat there reading the paper until it started to rain, when he pulled out a small brolly and hid under it.

See the link above – there’s even a webcam where you can watch them (it’s high resolution and the sound is very clear).  Right now there’s a guy dressed up as something out of Toy Story rambling about something.  Interesting.  I wonder what I’d do or talk about if I went up there.