London Zoo in Winter

Animal Portraits

Giraffe at the "Into Africa" enclosure.

   Kumbuka, is a male 16-year-old Western lowland silverback gorilla living in the "Gorilla Kingdom".

Two Oriental short-clawed otters, the smallest species of Otter.

Three Great white pelicans in their enclosure.

Rockhopper Penguin, Ricky is the star of "Penguin Beach".

Jae Jae, a handsome male Sumatran tiger in "Tiger Territory".  

Poppies, Tower of London Remembers

The installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper marked the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. A total 888,246 ceramic poppies progressively filled the Tower’s famous moat, attracting over 5 million visitors.

We Will Remember Them.

Tour of Britain London Stage 8
Sunday, 14 September

Sir Bradley Wiggins won the individual time trial to move up to third position in the general classification with a superb ride around the 8.8km city circuit. Pictured below with other top riders.



Sir Bradley Wiggins                                               Mark Cavendish

                                        (GB/Team Sky)                                         (GB/Omega Pharma-QuickStep) 







                                   

                                         Marcel Kittel                                                    Michal Kwiatkowski 

                               (Ger/Team Giant-Shimano)                              (Pol/Omega Pharma-QuickStep)

The pack set off on 10 laps of the 8.8km circuit.

Dylan van Baarle (Ned/Garmin-Sharp) retained the

Yellow jersey to win the general classification.

Tall ships at Greenwich
 
Royal Naval College 2014 in the style of 1814
Tectona, built in India in 1929, is moored outside.

The Tall Ships Festival brought ships from all around the world to the river Thames cantered at Greenwich. On Tues 9 Sept they left for a Parade of Sail  - along the River Thames from Greenwich to the mouth of the river. A fleet of more than 50 vessels passed the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf as they said farewell to the capital. Lead by Dar Mlodziezy, the biggest ship under sail that day.

The Polish training ship, Dar Mlodziezy ("The Gift of Youth").

The Shtandart is a modern replica of a Russian navy flagship 
that was built for Peter the Great in 1703.


Oosterschelde is the largest restored Dutch sailing ship, a monument for Dutch shipbuilding,
passes through the Thames barrier, it has saved London from being flooded for many years.

Metropolitan line steam days.

The Metropolitan Line steam days were to mark the 125th anniversary of the Chesham branch line service. The special journeys on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August ran between Wembley Park and Rickmansworth. These pictures were taken at Harrow on the Hill station.

People really got into the spirit of the event, the driver included.

The train steamed back to Rickmansworth after a stop an Harrow on the Hill.

WW1 Lights Out, 4th of August 2014

The "lights out" event concluded a day of ceremonies marking 100 years since Britain entered World War One. Across the nation people were invited to turn off their lights for an hour until 23:00 BST, the time war was declared in 1914. London went dark for an hour.

Unannounced, a mysterious blue beam appeared in the sky at dusk and for seven nights, it was visible across the city between sunset and sunrise. London landmarks were seen against the light.

 From Jubilee bridge, South bank.

Westminster Abbey from Broad Sanctuary.

 Spectra was an art installation by Ryoji Ikeda, produced and presented by Artangel. It consisted of a  twenty-metre grid containing forty-nine searchlights installed at Victoria Tower Gardens.  People  could walk within the grid, experiencing a specially composed soundtrack by Ikeda.