allegorical figures by drury on the downstream side of vauxhall bridge

if you are curious about municipal art in london, bob speel is your man ...

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/london/vauxbr.htm

from coombe wood on bury hill, looking down the arun valley

the sea is just a smudge on the horizon

the blasted tree is named "joe bialik's tree" after the best workmate in the universe

... and the image is grainy because i'd left the "film speed" on ASA 1600 by mistake

battersea reference library on lavender hill

in the park at leeds castle in kent

wandsworth road becomes religious

the church at ticehurst

the rocking horse factory at bethersden in kent

cap'n bligh lived 'ere ... i think i'm sufficiently mature to audition for the part !

camouflage exhibition at the imperial war museum ... spy post ... a false tree trunk made of iron

imperial war museum ... the tin hat, by jacob epstein

imperial war museum ... lawrence of arabia's seventh ( and final ) brough superior

humble critturs mindin' their own business beside the bus stop on putney heath

the imperial war museum

cecil harrison, an old chap in malmesbury, who'd flown something like this in the great war, was a pacifist, so he was despised in our little town

imperial war museum ... lessons from the past ... if all else fails, read the instructions

a shiny john minton self-portrait behind glass at the imperial war museum

old bill at the imperial war museum

more old bill at the imperial war museum

the imperial war museum ... you'd never get me down in one of those

prepare yourselves for taste overload !

i glanced out of the window from the top deck of the 87 bus going north along mill bank ...

... and saw these splendid bronze door panels at the entrance to the old ICI hq

can YOU spell alasdair ? me neither ... but his first thirty something pages have delighted this reader

luvverly boatin' wevver !

england expects ... sorry, i'm flag dyslexic

silly gate decorations at petworth house ... signifying what ?

petworth prohibits large vehicles ... but they ignore the signs & repeatedly damage this wall

there was nobody in the water at brighton this morning

chanctonbury ring hill above lower chancton farm near washington, sussex

denbies' vinyard at dorking

a lovely and often moving exhibition at tate britain ... apart from a few contemporary duds ... and no james ravilious

self portrait at the tate britain

sign on a saw blade at the fabulous second-hand tool shop in yapton, west sussex

dawn outside clapham junction station ... if only smoke were pink