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BT Tower

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it was quite wet and windy yesterday and i got a bit soggy walking from Paddington to BT Tower .  I remained mostly dry (and became a walking tourist attraction for japanese business men with cameras) thanks to my military style poncho.

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when we arrived we went up for pastries and it was quite rainy, but the weather cleared up a bit by our second trip up at lunchtime.  I hadn’t realised, but the the tower wobbles slightly in the wind – enough to feel slightly sea sick which was weird.

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i’ll post a couple of high res pictures soon so you can zoom in and have a look around a bit.

person dressed as a traffic light

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if this chap had had a green hat on he could have been the traffic light he was mending

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bicyles etc.

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etcetera full stop.  little too vague for my liking.

reflections of bt tower

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final shot, looking in to a puddle

playstation dancemats

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great news – the girls got a replacement Shrek game sent to them and kezia spent a happy hour or so zooming about.   and last week i bought a couple of dance mats via ebay which have been a complete winner.  jane (in her christmas socks) and esther are shown above, but it’s been a great all-family fun thing.

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jane balancing ice-cream

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statue in a field

when out geocaching on sunday we passed an amazing house which had a garden full of giant statues.  here’s one

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style-ish

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the stile above is over a barbed wire fence.  worth carrying one of those round in kit form in case you ever need to use one.

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and this one was a fancy swing open type thing as demonstrated by the lovely mrs funkypancake

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reflections of bt tower

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these ones are liney

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tony the contortionist

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a true professional can set up his camera and hold a teacake and crumpet on his plate without them falling off.  he’s learnt well.

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the great concert

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planning the repertoire

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upping sticks

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the grande finale.  fantastic stuff.

liz’s luxury mince pies

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our friend liz invited us round for afternoon tea yesterday.  she’d made some mince pies (‘mincers’) which were most excellent.  i hereby announce the start of Xmas 2008

reflections of bt tower

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the pigeon wasn’t bothered.

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reading university

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this was the view esther and i saw when we turned round after finding a geocache.  quite nice actually.

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visionary cycling

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complementary looking.  esther took full advantage and looked at the bike

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hassock of the week

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hassock and fancy shoe

fancy chimley

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reflections of bt tower

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here’s a short study of BT Tower reflected in puddles.  I’ve got 7 shots all together which should take us Tuesday when hopefully i’ll be going up it.  i say hopefully as last time i was due to go up we ended up in the basement and only saw the inside of a conference room !

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the invisible mural

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i consider myself pretty observant, but i failed to properly notice this mural despite working by it for over 4 years.  i popped back for a meeting yesterday and ‘spotted’ it !

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blue umbrella

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