On the way back from the Ice Scuplting Festival I ran into the March and Rally that was marching to protest the situation in Gaza. I had previously heard them coming pass my house around 4pm so thought nothing more of it. Therefore when I tried to go back into the tunnel to get back to the South Kensington tube, a tunnel I’d just walked out of about 20 minutes earlier, I was surprised to find that it had been sealed shut! As had all the tubes to get home and the roads that I could walk on or catch a bus to get home! Without me going the LONG way around to get home, the closest I could get to home was High Street Kensington!

I thought I could get around the protest but somehow ended up doing some sort of circular pattern that brought me back to the spot I started! When I was confronted with the police line I actually started to get a bit freaked out, especially when this big cop started shouting at me and waving his shield and baton!

I made my way around that particular road block only to find that a group of protestors had stopped and refused to move. I approached one of the policemen who could only tell me that I had to go around unfortunately. He was much nicer and patient than the last scary police man.

Eventually I got around the road blocks but it took me through the depths of High Street Kensington and who knows where else! It only took about two and a half hours to travel 700m!!