Not one, but two...

During my walk-about in the West End this afternoon, I came across not just one, but two traditional BT red phone boxes. These are now pretty rare....

Marylebone Lane - TWWSI

I tripped out to get my shots for www.thewayweseeit.org - two sites in-and-around Oxford Street this afternoon. They we're the Mount Street Gardens (just off St Audley Street) and Marylebone Lane (just north of Oxford Street). Interestingly, apparently, Marylebone Lane runs along the course of the Tyburn river and hence it's wigglyness. Here are a couple of my shots of Marylebone Lane.

Interestingly, during the course of the afternoon, I wallked through Grosvenor Square. It appears as though the US has managed to persuade the Metropolitan Police to totally block off the west side of the square (where their Embassy is located) from traffic. Once again Londoners suffer (or are inconvenienced) by the US' "anti-terror" aggression.

Hillyfields panorama

I scooted up to Hillyfields this morning to take this panorama photo of South London. You can see that it was very sunny - but with a biting wind. Looks like autumn has finally arrived. The photo is a stitched-up one - made up of seven shots. When printed up it'll be 4' wide.

Lamberhurst Vineyard, Kent

Sara and I continued our quest to taste lots of British wine this afternoon - by visiting Lamberhurst Vineyard in Kent. This vineyard has 28 acres of vines (although some are only a few years old and not producing yet). The wines were ok - but one struggles (well at least we do) to justify paying probably twice as much as one would for Continental European or New World wines.

Given our desire to buy a vineyard (Sara's starting at Plumpton College on Friday - studying Viticulture and Oenology) - this pricing is a bit of a dilemna. I can't to see how British wine will have mass appeal at these prices or exclusive appeal at the current quality. Of course, there are notable exceptions (like Nyetimber, Chapel Down and Camel), but these are not the norm.

Perhaps a cheapie place in France is in order in the first instance?

Finsbury Square - TWWSI

Apologies for the lack of posts recently - trying to recover from 4 months at the DWP and a busy weekend.

Tripped out today to bag my shots for www.thewayweseeit.org - this time at Finsbury Square. I struggled for inspiration at this fairly uninspiring City Square - and got accosted by a security guard for taking photos of motorbikes (apparently one was stolen recently). Anyway, here's the said motobike shot. It's one of my 3 submissions....

The reason I can do this on a Monday is because I've finished at the DWP...and am taking a couple of days off before I re-join the fray back at the DTI!