Petersham Hotel. Richmond, Surrey UK. 4pm, August 2020

Well, when you pass by and look at somewhere for years on bicycle or on foot or in a car and one day you decide to stop looking and just do... The planned surprise stay for my wife's birthday on March 29th was cancelled a few days before lockdown, so we waited for this gorgeous Victorian dream to re-open. Wednesday this week saw the height of the heatwave but within minutes of arrival we witnessed a downpour and hailstones of biblical proportions... 1st floor