the needles
more photos from our holiday in the isle of wight. this was the windiest day when you could lean back against the wind without falling over !
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how does this work ?
it’s gyro-tastic
totem pole
perspective is a fine thing.
in the kingdom of the flat the one eye’d man is king.
kezia by a dog on a lead sign
here is a dog sign in Windsor Great Park. Kezia, wearing a dalmation hat, was eager to stand by the sign for a photo.
thatched church in freshwater, isle of wight
here is a pretty little thatched church on the isle of wight near where we stayed. i stumbled across it on a walk one evening:
to my delight it was unlocked and could experience the calm within:
inflatable bouncers
maplins is a shop i love. it’s the british radio shack though i don’t think they are related.
anyway, the one just off edgware road has recently installed a giant bouncer to keep trouble out of the shop.
there’s nothing worse than battling gadget nerds, and this red suited inflatable giant will quite literally be able to ‘bounce’ such people out of the shop. he takes up over half the door way !
japanese bollards
our good friend andrew went to Japan for two days last week (as you do) in order to take these photos of bollard related strangeness.
here we see illuminated bollards and an animated manequin thing which apparently was waiving a glowing stick.
bradley walsh and bonnie langford
we went in to town this morning to do some shopping. i went off with kezia to look at guitars and cool stuff whilst esther and jane did proper girl shopping for clothes etc.
kezia and i ended up being in a shopping centre where they were announcing that they were going to turn the christmas lights on and some celebrities were on the way.
so we waited. for 30 minutes. but nothing happened. despite it being past the allotted time. eventually we had to run to meet the others back at the train station.
apparently we were waiting for Bradley Walsh. but we didn’t. So sorry about that.
here are some fairies getting dressed behind the tree and a giant bear giving out teeny weeny bears:
here is the bradley walsh detonating device.
sunny winter day
i just love the low winter sunlight, it’s yellow glow and misty rays.
here are jane and julie wrapped up warm with the sun behind them.
food and bollards
we went out for a meal with our good friends julie, andrew, katie and olivia this evening. i had one of the best meals i’ve had for a long long time in a restaurant.
it was a Beefeater. Not quite a Bernie Inn, but never mind (whatever did happen to them ?)
i gave quite a lot to other people on the table but still felt totally fed-up at the end of the meal !
one of the other highlights was seeing a high number of bollards in the kids fun pack. On the cover picture it appeared that this young lad is being attacked by three bollards.
coloured sands
there’s a bit of the isle of wight which has fantastic coloured sands all in the same area. there’s a place where you can make your own coloured sand memorabilia.
esther and kezia made these:
here is the cliff from which the coloured sands come:
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cable cars
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