Approaching the southern end of this route to Parliament Square. A customary group of tourists gather near a gold (2012) postbox to capture the abbey in the morning light (the limited edition postal portal giving the photo opp an interesting foreground contrast). Further up the street a Routemaster ‘heritage tour’ bus pulls in to the kerb to deposit more keen subjects. North of the tourist crusade the owners of a cafe inspect the shattered glass of their premises from an overnight break in, whilst just beyond the crime scene a new installation of scaffolding unfolds in lieu of another capital facelift.