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thames path – part 15 days lock to wallingford

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i had a day off work yesterday so we could head back to the thames path.

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our last outing was in October due to flooding etc. it was still very wet under foot.  but rather than soaking, it was muddy and slidey which made walking tricky

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this was our first glimpse of the thames again.  note

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kezia brought her camera with her and took this picture of geese

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there was a geocache on this bridge

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and this is the view from near where we had out picnic

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there’s a geocache under this bridge only accessible with scuba kit (bollards don’t count)

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a kite did some acrobatics above our heads just as my camera batteries died in the cold


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here’s a jetty at benson

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when we finally got to wallingford, chris and i took kezia to the pub whilst the other ladies recovered our car from the starting point.  chris wore his hat in the pub and they told him to take it off.  i guess he looked too much like a hooligan youth type.

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crazy sunsets

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there’s been some crazy sunsets over the last few days.  here’s a very red sky over a train station.  the photos doesn’t really do it justice.

hill, electricity and the moon

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shed end

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swan and seagull

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news paper in side the shop

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this is a great little sign.  news paper (just the one?) in side the shop.  nice ‘you are on cctv’ sign in side the shop too

plants on the move in a wheelchair

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i was in london for a meeting yesterday and got to take some classic funkypancake street junk photos.  here’s a good one.  it’s a plant pot in a wheelchair.

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i suppose it’s only fair they should get wheelchairs since they can’t walk.  some can potter about.

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i’m not sure if the yellow chair was anything to do with it.

scraggy hair

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graves

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i apologise for hte amount of gravestones i’m going to post in the next few weeks.  i’ll try and theme them so it’s not too tedious.  anyway, these appealed to me as they seem to show the method of death.  can you imagine if all gravestones had to done this way ? it would make them more interesting and more sad and tasteless all at the same time.

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actually, ignore me.

frosty gloves

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windows will fall outwards

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family portrait

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mannequin in a hat

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giant pencil case

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this is a really nice idea.  it’s a workman’s hording just off hyde park.  the pens and pencils are all giant versions, and are much better than the usual builders barrier things (there’s a word for that).  you can see the bus stop in the foreground to give you an idea of scale.

electricity going up a hill

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if in doubt, leave it out !

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this giant sign was at the edge of a field in the middle of no-where.  i’ve no idea what it means.

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happy anniversary

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happy wedding anniversary to mrs funkypancake who i married 12 years ago. great stuff !

hassock of the week

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is this a box of crayons ?

geocaching

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another weekend another load of geocaching.  this time with one of jane’s work colleagues

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dali’s elephant at sunset

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