CENTRAL PARK

BOATS IN CENTRAL PARK

TRUMP HOTEL - CELEBRITY MEETING PLACE

Friday is my last day in New York for a while so, since the weather was so beautiful again, I decided to take a wander around Central Park. The Park is huge and needs a full day to do it justice. By following the miles of walking paths, I was taken past statues, fountains, boating lakes and even a full-blown reservoir. I visited Strawberry Fields, in front of The Dakota apartments where John Lennon was shot, and chatted to Charlie, who was playing guitar by the Imagine mosaic.

There are lots of museums around Central Park but generally I limited my exploration to just their foyers. The exception was the New-York Historical Society Museum, which I fully toured. I am sure that friend Steve Bridge and neighbour Jane, who help to run a History Group near to my home, will be delighted at my choice. The shameful truth, however, is that it was the only one that would let me in for free.

As I passed by the Trump International Hotel and Tower, comedy actor/writer James Corden and his family were leaving to catch a taxi. His small son, Max, walked straight into my legs and fell over, so I lifted him back up onto his feet while his mum gently scolded him for not watching where he was going.

There you go. I'm in New York for less than a week and already I'm hobnobbing with celebrities.

Tomorrow I move on to Washington D.C., but come September, "I'll be back!", to rob a catch phrase from another celebrity I might just meet in Hollywood.