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A birthday trip into Central London. After a go on a somulator in the Science Museum, a walk through Hyyde Park took us past Winter Wonderland to Holborn for lunch in My Old Dutch before moving on to a theater later on for a show.
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| Diana memorial. | Walking along the Serpentine in Hyde Park | ||
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| Walking through Winter Wonderland. In the sunshine it's not quite as magical as last time I was here in the gloom when the lights shone brightly. | |||
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| A curious March of thousands of people in Santa suits in Holborn. | ||
Christmas lights in Oxford Street, Central London.
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| Lights on a building. | Lights over the road. |
Chanukah 2013.
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| Menorah and candles ready for Chanukah. | Donuts at work to celebrate the first day of Chanukah. | ||
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| 2nd night. | 6th night. | 7th night. | 8th night. | |
I won a lego helicopter on eBay. Mint condition and very cheap. Another few hours' fun had building the leisure helicopter, then the main search and rescue helicopter which is quite big.
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| Alternative Helicopter - Front Left, Front Right, Back Right and Back Left. | |||
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| Search and Rescue Helicopter - Front Left, Back Left, Front Right and Back Right. | |||
iPhone pictures taken in Primrose Hill and Regents Park one hazy lunchtime.
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| Primrose Hill from the Southeast corner. | A hazy view of Central London from the summit. | Winter flowers. | Camels in London Zoo. |
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| Late Autumn colours in Regents Park. | |||
I acquired a lego technic dirt bike. It goes great with the other two lego motorbikes that I already have. The 2nd chopper model is nothing special but had to be built before completing the main bike. That was a fun couple of hours.
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| Chopper bike - Front Left, Back Left, Front Right and Back Right. | |||
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| Dirt bike - Front Left, Back Left, Front Right and Back Right. | The dirt bike joining the other two bikes on the ornament shelf. | |||
Small firework display at Ealing Bowls club.
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| The 'Guy' getting ready for his demise! | Fireworks | |
A freight train derailment in Camden caused a rather tricky commute in the morning. At lunchtime I went to have a look. At the same time I found a very tame heron by Camden Lock.
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| Extensive damage to the cables that took a week to fix. | That train's going nowhere. | Tame heron by Camden Lock. | |
iPhone shots of Queen Mary memorial gardens in the inner circle of Regents Park taken during a lunchtime walk from work. The iPhone struggled with the colour of the roses but it is still clear how nice they were.
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| Topiary elephant at the entrance. | Rose garden. | Red roses. | Rose garden. | Red roses. |
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| Red rose. | Looking down over an artificial waterfall. | Nice greenery. | Red rose. |
iPhone shots of a juvenile robin in Hendon foraging under a lavender bush.
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| Juvenile Robin. | |
Pyramidal Orchid at Sharpenhoe Clappers.
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| Pyramidal Orchid. | |
As part of a company event a group of us ended up taking the Thames Clipper from Embankment to Cutty Sark. This was followed by a wander around the famous tea ship. A pleasant afternoon in hot and sunny weather.
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| Big Ben from the Embankment pier. | Embankment pier panorama. | Thames Clipper boat. | Looking towards Waterloo Bridge as we board the clipper. |
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| Looking back to Westminster Bridge and Big Ben. | Passing the London Eye. | Blackfriars Bridge and the City of London looming ahead. | ||
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| The Oxo Tower. | The Shard. | St. Paul's Cathedral. | Approaching and passing under the Millenium Bridge. | |||
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| The Shakespear Globe Theater. | City buildings and moored ships as we approach Tower Bridge. | Another view of The Shard. | Panorama of The South Bank including Tower Bridge, City Hall and The Shard. | |
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| Approaching and passing under Tower Bridge. | ||||
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| Leaving Tower Bridge and the City behind, speeding up towards the East. | Passing a cool looking pub as we pass Rotherhithe. | The Docklands. | ||
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| Approaching and arriving at the Cutty Sark. | The Cutty Sark. | Inside the glass shroud getting a close up look at the hull. | |||
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| Inside the hold of the Cutty Sark. You can still smell the tea! | Exhibits on the floor above, just below the top deck. | ||||
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| Looking down at the bottom of the hull near the front. | More interesting exhibits. | Wandering around the top deck. | |||
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| Thames panorama from the front of the ship. | Looking back along the port side. | Royal Naval College, Greenwich. | Another view along the deck. | The main steering wheel. |
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| Inside the Captain's quarters. | A view from the gantry as we disembark from the ship. | A figure spotted up on the masts. | Underneath the keel of the ship. | ||
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| Looking up at the rudder from underneath. | Memorial plaque. | Figurine display. | Another plaque. | One more view of the ship as we depart. |
Pictures taken at Chobham Common.
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| Early Marsh Orchids. | A bright red 1cm+ long beatle. | |
A tame juvenile robin at Lasham Airfield. It was initially found on a busy footpath. It happily let someone pick it up and move it to a safer location where these iPhone pictures were taken.
Also goldfinches on a Kenton seed feeder and a few pictures taken while spending a few days in Central London with a visiting overseas friend.
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| Juvenile robin. | Goldfinches on the seed feeder in Kenton. | |||
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| Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. | That's a huge paella in Covent Garden. | Great Tits in Hyde Park are tame enough to feed from peoples' hands. I think these two are an adult (left) and a juvenile (right). | ||
Panorama of Central London from the summit of Primrose Hill on a very clear day. The Olympic Park to the left and the distant Crystal Palace transmitter can even be seen, as well as all the main Central London landmarks, with The Shard dominating them all.
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| Central London from Primrose Hill. |
Bugle flowers at Lasham Airfield.
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| Bugle flowers at Lasham Airfield. | ||
iPhone pictures of flowering Azaleas in the garden in Kenton. Shame there was some overexposure in the strong sunlight but they still look good. Then the next day some flowering Wisteria in Camden in much duller conditions. Plus images from The Mall and Buckingham Palace.
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| Azaleas. | Wisteria. | |||
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| Walking along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace. | Buckingham Palace and Victoria Memorial panorama. | St. James Park panorama. |
In May a Blackbird built a nest on the window ledge next to a busy staircase in the office in Camden Town. She laid 4 eggs, which hatched into 4 chicks. Both parents fed and looked after them until they fledged in June. See the Blackbird Nest 2013 page for all the pictures and the story.
A walk along the Regent's Canal. This section was just West of the London Zoo aviary. A nice path half way up the bank surrounded with foliage. The white flowers are Cow Parsley. There were also plenty of common butterflies in the sunshine.
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| Views along Regents Canal just West of London Zoo. | ||
A trip to Ivinghoe Beacon on the way to picking up someone from nearby Luton Airport.
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| Cows grazing Ivinghoe Beacon. | Ivinghoe Beacon. | 360 degree panorama from the summit of Ivinghoe Beacon. The trig point is roughly Northwest. The RC glider pilots are waiting for strong gusty winds from nearby showers to die down. |
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| Looking back to the car park. | Looking out West-Southwestwards to the distant Didcot Power Station where gliders are soaring. | ||
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| A lovely little beatle crawling around below the Beacon. | Panorama of the Ivinghoe Beacon ridge from the South as I walk back to the car park. |
This morning I visited Perivale Wood while the sun was shining. Normally the wood is only open to members but today there was an open day. So I thought I'd take a look. It really is a pretty and diverse wood, with carpets of bluebells and many other plants and animals making up a healthy woodland.
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| Bluebells emerging in Perivale Wood. They are late this year due to the long cold spell we had. | ||
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| 360 degree panorama in Perivale Wood in the Gilbert White clearing area. | More bluebell pictures. | |
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| A path through the bluebells. | Upper Woodland Pond. | The Grand Union Canal at the Northern end of the wood. | A carpet of small blue flowers ina clearing. |
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| The Eastern Hedge Path. | Peaking through branches at a lovely patch of bluebells. | Other blossom in the woods. |
A walk with JWalkers in the Iver area near Uxbridge. We parked on the Southwest corner of Little Britain Lake, from where a gentle circular walk to Iver and back was completed.
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| Geese on Little Britain Lake. | Little Britain Lake Panorama from the start point. | River Colne. | A path stretching away Southwards from the start point. |
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| Looking across the River Colne to Little Britain Lake from the Southwest. | The bridge over the River Colne we just crossed. | Another pleasant path. | A weir on the River Colne. | A pleasant meadow. | Bluebells emerging next to Iver Lane. |
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| Daffodils. | Horses in a paddock by Palmer's Moor Farm. | Another pleasant path by Colne Brook near Delaford Cottages. | More pleasant paths as we walk into Iver. | ||
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| Walking Eastwards along the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal from near the M25 to the junction with the main canal at Packet Boat Marina. It did seem strange walking along the canal over bridges over the River Colne and Frey's River. | |||
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| Swan on the Grand Union Canal. | Another view of the canal junction from the East bank. | Magnolias in full flower as we leave the canal behind. | Walking a circuit of Little Britain Lake before the walk ends. | ||
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| Small islands in Little Britain Lake. | A cormorant doing its dance. | Walking along a path between the River Colne and the lake back to start. |
A Red Kite soaring low over Lasham Airfield.
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A lunchtime walk around Camden Lock. I recently started a job in an office close by. So I have of course started exploring the area...
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| Looking around on the arched bridge. | Wandering along the canal between Camden Lock and Regents Park. | |||
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| Looking back at the arched bridge. | 180 degree panorama opposite the pontoon area between the arched bridge and main road. | Looking further Eastwards along the canal. |
With recent snow, there have been a number of winter visitors to the garden that normally stay in more rural areas. The Redwing was one of a group of 6 or 7, while the Fieldfare was on its own (although a flock of hundreds have been reported on Horsenden Hill a few miles away). The shots are rather long range and at the limits of my camera, but enough to positively ID them. Both Redwings and Fieldfares are similar in size to a Blackbird (the Fieldfare was slightly bigger), and are members of the Thrush family.
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| A Redwing. 2nd shots is a crop in of the centre of the 1st shot. | Two shots of a Fieldfare. | ||