January 13....

The things you see on a mid afternoon bike ride along the Thames

Hampton Court Palace

Ditto

Only barely a feasible idea in an exotic location in warm climes Houseboats make no sense on the Thames in the middle of winter.

So cold even the ducks stay out of the water...

January 12.....

The things you see on a winters evening jog at sunset....

Marble Hill House ...
 ''built in the 1720s for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk and mistress of George II and became one of the most fashionable residences of the period, where artists, authors, poets and politicians of the day frequently gathered.''

Looking West and upstream on the Thames

View towards Richmond Hill and the Star and Garter (Stately home providing nursing and therapeutic care for  ex military personnel)

Richmond Bridge over the Thames

January 11...

I always find there is a certain sadness to old business's that have long disappeared. You wonder about the  livelihoods lost. Old signs like this make you wonder who owned the business that was, the people behind it, and undoubtedly the quality of the product that eventually gave way to the realities of commercialism and something cheaper produced overseas that the public craved. 

St Margaret's. 3.22 pm

January 10....

Richmond Park 3.20 pm

Richmond Park 3.33 pm

January 9...

The darkness of a London winter

View from the study. 4.52 pm 

January 8....

Walking off a Sunday roast on a winters afternoon.

Riverside Lane. St Margarets. 4.36pm . Huh huh...4.36pm

January 7....

The things you see on a 3 hour walk along the North Downs in Surrey....

Signs....

Fencing done the traditional way

More signs and open fields

Letter boxes miles from anywhere

Manor Houses (in this case Chilworth Manor...not to be mistaken for The Chilworth Manor Hotel owned by best Western) that you can but dream about owning

Surprised Llama's

Stoned Llama's ?