Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

This was taken early one Sunday morning last autumn.

Williamsburg is of course much more than a trace of a past empire, a brilliant recreation of the capital of the British colony of Virginia before the war of independence, complete with buildings, re-enactors and tradesmen practising 18th century crafts.

We shouted in favour of King George, which was perhaps not very tactful given the sentiments of the revolutionary crowd about us. It was also against our feelings which are very much in tune with that great Virginian statesman Thomas Jefferson.