Saturday, 21 April 2012

April 21......


Summer looms as the familiar sounds of willow against leather start to resonate around the English Countryside.
Richmond Green.  3.32 pm


April 20......




St.Pauls Cathedral. 9.32 pm. And the rain continues.

April 19......




Crown Road in early preparation for the Jubilee as the rain continues to fall.  6.47 pm

April 18......



City reflections. London Wall. 12.03 pm

April 17......


You couldn't scrip it.

They introduce a hose pipe ban as England enters a 'drought'. It then rains 6 of the next 7 days.


Clouds loom. ST Margarets. 6.22 pm

April 16......




Arsenal Football Stadium. 6.45pm





Sunday, 15 April 2012

April 15......



Scenes from a Sunday walk in Hertfordshire.....


Thatched houses surrounding Ardley Green


Walkern Hall


Are flares back in ?


200 year old flour mills



Cricket on the village green under threatening skies



900 year old Saxon Church's



Toasty warm pub lunches



April 14......




Richmond Park. 6.32 am.   The joys of an early morning ride.

April 13......




London City view form the 41st floor Natwest Tower cocktail Lounge.  5.27 pm




April 12......




Oxford Street. 6.15 pm


April 11......





Clapham Station. 6.07 am . One of the few benefits of getting the 5.45 am train into the city. Sunrises.






April 10......




Battersea Power station (dormant). 6.05 am...And off to work we go...hi ho hi ho...



April 9......



Richmond Hill. 

6.17 am

Jet Lag. Uurgghhh.


April 8......


An illustration of how expensive Australia has become....




23 AUD$ (21 USD$ or £14)   Darwin Airport Dinner 6.20 pm






23 hour flight later and breakfast in Frankfurt Airport.  EUR12 ( AUD$16 USD$16 )


April 7......


When the sea is full of sharks, salt water crocodiles, jellyfish, stonefish and sea snakes where do you swim?



Darwin wave pool. 1.22 pm



Friday, 6 April 2012

April 6......

The Australian idea of the perfect lunch. Darwin. 12.05 pm











Thursday, 5 April 2012

April 5......



''Steps of Death'' .  275 steps. 8 times . 29 degree heat. 90% humidity. 6.23 am. If I was any  'arder and they would call me 'Steel'

Steps of Death


Forget looking for pirates in Somalia. AUD$ 29.95 for this. 3 deep fried fish nuggets, couple of string fries and smattering of greens.




Postcard beauty way to end the day



Darwin trailer boat club. 7.05 pm





Wednesday, 4 April 2012

April 4......



Warm enough ? (104F)



How far ???




Constructive termites



Tis a pity







Stunning outback Australian beauty








April 3......



 Darwin Art Gallery Verandah Restaurant. This doesn't suck !



Monday, 2 April 2012

April 2......

Why a photo of an apple? Not just any apple. An Australian apple. That will be $2 thanks very much. Yes. 2 effing
Australian dollars. That's 2 US dollars or approx GBP 1.35......for an effing apple ! Welcome to Australia


If I thought the apple was expensive. How about a stale white bread toasted sandwich.



The thriving downtown metropolis that is Darwin. Far north Australia.



April 1......



Singapore Casino.  4.32 pm



Errrrr. Ok. Singapore Clarke Quay. 5.36 pm






March 31......

Munich Airport. 8.32 pm . Go figure.