On guard

An early start to the day for a mid morning shoot down at Hampton Court Palace - and of course arrived way too early!

That's one of the joys of having to go through Oxford at rush hour - leave at a time to beat the traffic and you'll arrive way too early - leave at the "right" time and you'll get snarled up and arrive way too late!

Meant I had time to wander in the morning sunshine though!

And these guys were a lot less fierce than the ones that stopped me going into the palace courtyard because I didn't have a ticket - should have signed in at reception before attempting that!!!