Sunday, September 11, 2005


pre-guggenheim Posted by Picasa

bilbao viscaya

we'll be catching a bus to stansted airport in the early hours on monday and then flying to bilbao

will a deputation of swooning marxist feminists be waiting to greet me when we land ?

will our hotel be nearly posh enough ?

can there possibly be enough alcohol in the city for both of our thirsts ?

will they sell me a half-price ticket for the train to san sebastian if i shave and approach the ticket office on my knees ?

if you really really care, then watch this space ...

Friday, September 09, 2005


i was going for the last swim of the summer but the tide was out Posted by Picasa

Thursday, September 08, 2005


wooden ducks and fevvered ducks at the garage by the village pond at four elms in kent Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, September 07, 2005


in memoriam at mereworth, gor blimey ! Posted by Picasa

too early for confession ...


mereworth church, clumsily ostentatious, proto-gothic-revival ? Posted by Picasa

the cheese man pauses at mereworth church in kent

1831 Topographical DictionaryMEREWORTH, a parish in the hundred of LITTLEFIELD, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 5 miles (S.E.) from Wrotham, containing 711 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, was rebuilt by John, Earl of Westmorland: it is a very handsome structure, with a fine Corinthian portico, and surmounted by a lofty spire: the whole edifice is constructed of different sorts of stone, and the eastern window is of painted glass, collected for the purpose by that nobleman. The grazing land in this parish is supposed to breed the largest oxen in England, some of them having exceeded three hundred stone. This parish is bounded on the north by the Hurst woods.

Monday, September 05, 2005

chocolate cake with ganache icing and piping - a public announcement

it's no use begging; the cake in yesterdays blog has all gone !

boord street gas works in greenwich; the pillars are of uniform thickness, as are the concentric rings, but the diagonal ties or reinforcements get thinner towards the top ! weren't the engineers clever ?Posted by Picasa

Sunday, September 04, 2005


sheila evans, linda crabb, and roy hewish, not in the least bit hung-over ! Posted by Picasa

sheila's cake for tristan ... i know what you're thinking ... and you're right again ! Posted by Picasa

Monday, August 29, 2005


one of wandsworth's many cormorants Posted by Picasa

sunken boats and a wary heron in wandsworth's river wandle


wandsworth's river wandle Posted by Picasa

Friday, August 26, 2005


george and lea, two very sharp madrillenos Posted by Picasa

Thursday, August 25, 2005


the red cranes are in at battersea power station Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

an unsignposted diversion

sometimes chance provokes what i like to call "an unsignposted diversion"

having set out unusually early for kent, and seen the sky colouring up quite psychedelically, instinct commanded that i drive half a mile away from my regular route to the waterside at greenwich

alright, i know pink skies are two a penny on the internet, but i was very happy !

dawn at greenwich Posted by Picasa

looking over towards canary wharf from greenwich Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, August 23, 2005


a surprise just inside the m25 to the north of reigate Posted by Picasa

no need to photoshop, some workaholic has hand-painted it ! Posted by Picasa