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August 2009

footprints in the sand

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by now we should be up in scotland somewhere.  hope you are having a good summer !

london ignores champions

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i love london.  and i love how you can walk down the street and see something fantastic that everyone else is ignoring.  like these athletes we saw being photographed after we’d dropped our passports off at New Zealand House (that’s the base of eros just behind them)

A bit of googling revealed the chap is Laurent Vidal  There was also a swedish athlete and another lady with her back to us (who perhaps could have done with longer shorts).

doors

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BT Tower

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BT Tower used to be a really exciting landmark in london

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but now it’s just mostly ignored

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which is shame as you can see it from all over the place

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it’ll always have a place in my heart though (you’ll be pleased to hear!)

watch out for tailgating

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good use of colours, unlining and the word tailgating (probably need to click it to see the big version)

decaying faces

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our bodies decay as we get older.  i’ve noticed mine is falling apart.  these chaps have been around much longer than me, so perhaps they can excuse their bedraggled appearance and headlessness

exciting new development coming

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don’t panic.  funkypncake isn’t closing.  but is likely to change a bit because … we’re emigrating to new zealand.

yes, as of 11th October, the funkypancake family are flying away to live in new zealand. how exciting !

i’m now free of work until november, which is quite handy given the huge amounts to do between then and now (and we’ve got a holiday in scotland to fit in).

the blog is going to run on ‘auto’ through the rest of August – i’ve lined up some nice british beach shots, then we’ve got a week of new zealand photos from our scouting trip last easter to give you a taster of what we’re off to

then it’ll be back to normal blogging in september and we’ll have to see how things evolve once we’re over there.  i’ve got enough british photos to keep funkypancake going for another year even if i don’t take any more photos once we get there !  but i suspect i will continue to take some photos.  let’s play it by ear, ok ?

and once again, i apologise for the blog comments not working very well.  i did attempt to move the blog over to a better platform earlier in the week, but it didn’t work out very well, so i’ll try again in a few weeks time !

take care

dave

kiwi hippo

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it’s an aucklandish hippo.  which makes it a kiwi i guess.

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old world pay phones

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decaying technology is interesting.  this phone says “still 20p per call”

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decaying technology is interesting.  this phone says “still 20p per call”

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blood on the streets

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the end of the red route.  it’s not a dramatic stop.  more of a grissly fade out.

and pigs might fly

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a london landmark with a london thing (black cab)

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and here again with a dust cart

extra free. that’s better than just free parking

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there’s free, then of course there’s extra-free

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i took the photo then realised i’d nearly missed the point.  so i too a photo
of the point.  so the whole thing wasn’t point less.  (although i suspect some of you may pick me up on the small point in the first picture)