eric ravilious looking up ... 

eric ravilious looking down ... 

eric ravilious serendipity

one of the best birthday cards that i had yesterday came from the loved one, showing a painting by eric ravilious of a third class train carriage interior with a view towards the westbury white horse.

a most appropriate choice for me because i'm a wiltshire lad,
because i have happy though vague early memories of travelling in similar carriages during the early nineteen-fifties,
and because train journeys still occupy a significant portion of my dreamspace

this morning i went image searching on the net and the first ravilious painting that i found was the "corresponding" view from "up on top" of the white horse, looking down on the train!

when you've finished looking at eric's work, do go and find some of the images by james, his son, a most wonderful photographer

us old grammer shool boys is easily distractid

don't let's get tecnikle ... is your quirk as well thumbed as my fowler ?

mister natural 

nearly smiling !

i'll be 56 tomorrow !

i'd better shave, i guess !

The Lone Swimmer's Companion 

Millionaires' Row 

A lucky mistake

A despatcher's mistake took me back to Brighton this morning, a day sooner than expected, and the sea was luvverly an' blue. After my drops were complete, I went down to the rocks ( by the white houses I call Millionaires' Row ) for a quick swim, and was delighted to find some hard working birdiez down by the water line who were hungry enough to ignore me. Its a struggle to get clear shots of birds with a small wobbly camera but this one seems OK.

sometimes it's not the scenery, it's just the light ! 

mermaid bait 

raw chairs, before they get the sandi blake teatment 

the nicest kind of village hall, at hever in kent

portslade beach, looking towards brighton 

crow ! 

brighton station, the clock ! 

brighton station, the roof ! 

I know what you're thinking ... and you're right ! 

THE Devil's Dyke 

there is nothing like a dame !