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

blimey ! some of them are ten feet high !

... so i think it must be hogweed rather than angelica

 

looks tasty !

 

from woodingdean towards falmer

 

ahwww ! ... nuts !

on sale in rottingdean this morning

get your anoraks on lads ! ... the train now entering platform four ...

is an LMR Ivatt 2-6-2 tank engine

 

41312 on the bluebell line ... controls and firebox

 

they don't make them like that any more

 

sign at horsted keynes station

 

station porter at horsted keynes

 

sign at horsted keynes station

 

snargate church in romney marsh, kent

i screeched to a halt on a country road after spotting this remote & dilapidated church hidden in a clump of tall trees

at first all seemed sad and despoiled, but there are a few things that will please painters and connoisseurs of vernacular art ... not least the postcards showing this 1986 painting by john piper

 

an improving text in snargate church, one of a set