Workers welfare units (toilets) in disguise alongside the Regent’s Canal at Camden Market in London. Change of use or just redecoration by local graffiti artists to fit in with the local canal aesthetic?
Bud Light
Taken in St John’s Lodge Gardens in Regent’s Park, this Allum bud was in a dark corner of the gardens with a few rays of light shining through the fence from the private villa behind, one of two villas remaining in the park from John Nash’s original plans.
Extensions Ladder
Broken Lines
Nearby buildings and late afternoon traffic reflected in Poured Lines, the painting by Ian Davenport under the railway bridge leading into Blackfriars Station close to Tate Modern. The painting is the length of 5 London buses (not of the bendy variety) and consists of straight lines in 300 different colours.
Happy Bride
Two happy brides in fact. London. April 29th 2011.
View Across the Canal
This week’s walk through the Kent countryside involved a three mile stretch along the Royal Military Canal built at the beginning of the 19th century as a defence against possible invasion. However, the threat from Napoleon and his armies had subsided by the time the canal was actually completed in 1808.
Orchard in Spring
On Saturday some friends and I joined the Greensand Way for a 4 mile walk near the village of Pluckley in Kent. Pluckley is said to be the most haunted village in Britain although I think you’d have to spend a bit more time there than we did to experience that pleasure. Our walk took us through blossoming orchards and woods carpeted with bluebells to the ruins of St Mary’s church, a perfect spot for lunch.
Church Ruins Photo
On Saturday’s walk through the Kent countryside we stopped at the ruins of St Mary’s church at Little Chart for lunch. The original structure was built around 1200 and added to over the next couple of hundred years. It was finally reduced to rubble by a German Doodlebug in 1944.
Suddenly Next Summer
Spring was gently doing its bit for the flora and fauna when suddenly summer popped its head around the door. The combination was an electric week of sunshine and freshness in London that showed off the new growth in a stunning fashion as evidenced by these cherry blossoms in Regent’s Park.
Let Sleeping Ducks Lie
Siesta time in Regent’s Park for these three. Not totally oblivious to the surrounding humans but not really interested in them either. Regent’s Park Birds has extensive galleries of birds and waterfowl found in the park.