Sunday, March 12, 2006

boat jam

at the end of their downstream sprint the exhausted scullers move slowly back upstream towards the clubhouses and the ramps

the tide has slid out really quickly and there is only sufficient water for one boat at a time to pass beneath putney bridge

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"my hands are blistered !"

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peace keepers returning from the clapham peace demo

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fashion v style ... unreal city

i wonder what constellation the moon was rising in today ?

Answer = it was a waxing gibbous moon rising through leo

... hey ! that's my constellation !


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t.s.eliot's river ... run softly 'til i sing my song

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Saturday, March 11, 2006

too many oars !

today it is the womens' heads of the river race

i've never seen so many fit birds

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Friday, March 10, 2006

brighton; the west pier's skellington, the ruined bandstand, and one of brighton's fabulous cast iron lamp posts

pictured during a traffic jam on the sea front

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a distant view of shoreham's gas-fired power station ...

... and another of brighton's fading glories

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another side of brighton

the charming olde view along shoreham harbour as you approach from the west

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findon church, near worthing in west sussex

you get this tantalising glimpse for about two seconds from the main road as you pass through the south downs towards the coast

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after the rain

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more sphinxes than you can shake a stick at !

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Thursday, March 09, 2006

a storm brewing above battersea dogs & cats home

we had thunder and lightning and hail and cycling home was less enjoyable than usual

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may's folly at hadlow in kent

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Sunday, March 05, 2006

popped along the river bank ...

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... in case the oxford crew needed some advice on ...

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... how to handle their oars !

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three beautiful sounds

the cacophony of an espresso machine
in a tiled & smoke-filled bar
with twenty five spaniards
all shouting at the television

the hiss of the breaking wave
rushing back down the pebbles
on brighton beach

the ear-splitting merriment of
a feasting flock of sparrows

... and a fourth

the turbo-charged,
window-rattling,
organ-loft storm
of George Collinson's voice
in the middle of a joyous rant !