Summer in the city

I met Jackie today in Southampton for lunch and a catch up, which was lovely. It’s felt quite a stressful day though, Southampton was listed as one of the places for rioting by far right supporters tonight, and one of the legal companies working supporting migrants was identified as a target. Just to make matters worse, a hotel where asylum seekers are living is just round the corner from my house and there were warnings that that was also going to be targeted. On my way home I saw that the hotel windows had all been boarded up, which is very sad. Lots of shops closed early too and there was a sense of waiting for something awful to happen. In the event very little transpired and the anti racist marchers vastly outnumbered the few far right demonstrators. Thank goodness. An awful situation avoided.
My blip is of the scene outside the shopping centre in Southampton with fountains for playing in and a screen showing the Olympics. It was all very quiet there for obvious reasons!