mavis ferguson-butler, aged ninety-something, but livelier than ever when she sniffs a bookshop

richard booth at hay-on-wye ... books bought anywhere in the world

 

the view toward the brecon beacons from hay common

 

the vale of ewyas

 

the tiny church of saint mary magdalene at capel-y-ffin

 

... in a deep valley ...

 

... shaded in a grove of ancient yew trees

 

madehurst church

madehurst church has unbelievably old bells

when the bell tower was restored it was discovered that the original wooden church tower is encased within the ancient stone tower

 

this is the pub that is right next door to the brewery ... the spreadeagle is across the road

 

old york road in wandsworth

while i was taking this picture at about quarter past four this morning, i was approached by a man wearing an orange railway worker's jacket who had a lifetime's stink of drink about him ... in fact it preceeded his arrival at my side

he asked first if i had a car jack, which was odd because i was riding a bicycle, and then if i could lend him the bus fare to vauxhall

i lied, uncharitably

cyclists eye-view of west hill in wandsworth

 

to the spreadeagle at wandsworth ...

 

... for a little light refreshment

 

the louis vuitton searchlight ... through a glass darkly

 

the art of hot desking demonstrated with considerable style by victor ( the godfather ) andrews

 

posh luggage out of reach in sloane street

 

louis vuitton's searchlight

 

joe at the cheese man's ... that umbrella is about to go into that skip

 

the general lying-in hospital by waterloo station

1828 to 1971 ...

"under the patronage of her majesty and her royal highness the princess of wales"

a distant view of arundel from the south

 

the pumpkin house at slindon

 

slindon church, polished and pampered ...

 

an engraved window at slindon

 

a wooden knight at slindon

 

madehurst church, she must have been ...