man carrying a door
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April 2005
slippery tower
it’s funny what people like looking at. i never have a clue which bloggy things are of interest, but occasionally people email me and express gratitude for something or other which is brilliant (hint hint!)
for example, tom emailed me saying he loved the slippery surface sign collection and referred me to this excellent example
so here for tom, and all the other slippery sign lovers, is a slippery floor sign in the underpass next to Tower Bridge
hunstanton cliffs on a clear day
as seen here on a foggy morning. now seen here on a nice afternoon
please don’t cook your dog
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curious duck
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the family holiday
for every sensible family photo there must be an equal and opposite silly one where everyone pulls comedy faces (or vice versa).
me in greenwich
self portrait at the location of the start of the marathon.
despite being in a crowd of over 35,000 runners it’s weird how i didn’t really have a conversation with anyone for 7 hours (from when i arrived at the start).
I suspect this was mostly because i did it at a different speed to everyone else. note the yellow fleece which i took off whilst walking (quite a feat as i had a backpack and a running vest on top of it).
i also haven’t got a hat on at this stage. when it started getting really sunny i decided i needed a sun hat so i was going to pick up one of the discarded ones. but i didn’t want anything too scanky. luckily just as i was thinking i might have no choice someone from the crowd gave me a free one advertising bottled water. and it was just the job.
in the background of this picture is the isle of dogs where the marathon course eventually snakes round to.
sheep crossing
here is the actual sheep, actually crossing its actual field.
fantastic
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road trips (for the elderly)
when we usually end up sharing our holiday days out with bus loads of european school kids. on one particualr holiday jane and i were bumped in to the same class of french school kids for three days running.
our recent holiday in norfolk was punctuated by coach loads of elderly people. these coaches unload their contents next to the tea room in whatever attraction we’d be visiting. they would queue up, drink their tea and cake, then get back on their bus to be transported off to another tea shop.
it sounded ideal. and all the people were really nice.
here are bunch of olds queuing at a tea shop, viewed from up a windmill.
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lighthouse with no light
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warning – do not try this at home
touching the sun can be very dangerous and should only be attempted by trained experts.
a green chap at the fair
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esther’s puddle
esther (on her scooter) spotted this puddle and said we needed to take a photo of it. she thought it looked like a hippo.
it does, so i did and here it is
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