I am never far from the City.





This picture was taken from a viewpoint within a mile of my home.
My camera with a 500mm lens was on a tripod at the top of the old
disused Uxbridge ski slope. In the foreground can be seen RAF Northolt
and the city of London with the buildings of Canary Wharf at a distance
of 19 miles. The Gerkin, Tower 42, BT Tower and the new Heron Tower 
can be seen. Look for Wren's St. Pauls visible just to the right of centre.

On your Bike!

This is a great way to get around this fascinating city of ours.

These are affectionately know as Boris Bikes.

Here's looking at you kid!

This is a reminder of last summer when I went to London Zoo to see the new

 Penguin Beach. This has replaced the old 1934 grade I listed Lubetkin structure.

New Year 2012

Our New Year gets off to a rousing start with an evening at the Cadogan Hall

for The London New Years Day Parade Grand Finale Concert on the 2nd Jan.

Christmas

This is my favourite window display of the time of year it never ceases to amaze me.

     This is at the shop of  Basia Zarzycka at 52 Sloane Square, London. Fairytale wedding

     dresses and bespoke bridal accessories of all kinds can be found here.

Winter

    Winter started just a few days after this picture was taken, when the cold winds arrived
     and blew away all of the remaining autumn colours.
           
    
    

At the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day ....

Lest we forget

11.11.11

A moment in time

Kew Gardens autumn colour

2011

What a beautiful time of year this is!

Eleven minutes of cinema.

FILM (an 11 minute loop) by Tacita Dean is the latest artwork

to be seen in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, it is 13M tall.

End of Summer

This is a time to bring in the harvest ........

... and give thanks.

Pictures taken at the Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.

http://www.coam.org.uk/

Bubbles

It is nice when you go out to take some specific pictures and

   you come home with an image that you did  not expect to get.

 This is an example, I went to Hyde Park to take more shots of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion but

 was distracted by the Human Planet BBC Proms in the Park. This young lady was in the audience.