don't ask ... 'cos i don't know !

 

something to look forward to !

 

remember, carters fair really does have working steam engines ...

 

... and essential maintenance never ceases

more grief than words can describe

the working day seems destined for an unusually early finish and i make my way cheerfully towards the office for some chat via the mens' locker room

as i open the locker room's door, a small man in factory clothing is standing behind it

he is clutching a mobile phone and has wedged himself in to a corner to weep

his english is poor

he is alone

when i ask about his trouble, he shakes his head, unable at first to put words to the shape of his pain

eventually he tells me that his sister's children, survivors of the tsunami in sri lanka, have just been killed by a government plane bombing their orphanage

bob gets excited as the runners approach the finish in the last race at leicester ...

 

... but his horse comes in last

the horse was named taxman

alan said it was "a fiddle"

 

alan at leicester races

it rained heavily

alan couldn't access a dry vantage point with his walking frame so we got rarther wet !

 

to brighton again, for carron and deep's wedding ... the bride is on the right

 

just bought these from sainsburys

 

my heartfelt sentiment ... and borrowed from the spanish

 

i'm sure rodin's burghers of calais was placed next to parliament for a reason ...

 

nureyev memorial

 

henry moore gets complicated

 

i wonder if henry moore had a slipped disc ?

 

henry moore's autograph

 

we're off to see the wizard ...

 

vauxhall bridge statuary

 

hooray ! ... look closely and you will see that flights in to heathrow have resumed

 

a shock

i was walking on the south bank from battersea towards vauxhall this afternoon when some squabbling seagulls dropped this poor young eel at my feet

it's proper name is/was anguilla anguilla

it must have been dead but, hoping it might only be stunned, i put it back in to the river