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two versions as i wasn’t sure which worked best
the monument
The Monument is one of those funny places which people just forget about. i had a meeitng a few minutes walk from it and i was a bit early so i paid my £2 and went in
there’s 311 steps on the cantilevered stone staircase which seemed to go on forever
right at the top of the Monument is a drum and a copper urn from which flames emerged, symbolising the Great Fire. The whole thing is 202 feet high – the exact distance between it and the site in Pudding Lane where the Great fire of London began on 2 Sept 1666. The Monument was built to commemorate the Great Fire of London and to celebrate the rebuilding of the city.
thanks to 300+ years of public access the viewing platform is covered in graffiti
of course the thing that once stood high above the city is now lost amongst the taller building around it, like the new gherkin building
but there’s still a fine view of Tower Bridge and the river
face and automatic hand dryer
hand dryers always have brilliant instructions on them. this one is particularly good. it’s nice how the words are in CAPITALS AND UNDERLINED. the title is quite strange too – what if you had automatic face ?
caption competition
you people have been much better at making up captions for things than i am, so please can i have some suggestions for this one.
is a bollard blowing up a balloon ?
cow
this cow just appeared near my office with a mysterious sign round its neck.
passport photos
i walked past this little scrap of paper yesterday morning and after a few steps i thought “i wonder if that’s a passport photo”, so i went back and found it again.
here’s a photo of it. it was stuck in a muddy puddle under a little bush on the edge of the road.
i managed to kick it out from under the bush and flip it over and it WAS a passport photo !
once i knew what it was i was happy to put my hand in the muddy rain to retrieve it for the collection.
i can’t explain the joy of finding a genuine passport photo, especially in such unlikely circumstances. so i won’t.
guess the stairs
can anyone guess where this is ? it’s a london landmark which costs 2 of your english earth-pounds to go in
more here
don’t leave your rubbish here either
this sign has moved slightly. very interesting …
rocking chair
here’s a rocking chair on the main road. you’ll probably need to click to inspect the big version as the chair is quite small (i hadn’t time to cross the road as i was rushing for my train in the morning)
244
it’s number 244. and so is the photo number from my camera which is a bit of a bizarre coincidence.
dale winton
what a delight to see Dale Winton after my unfortunate Nora Batty incident.
he was sitting in the ‘celebrity seat’ outside this cake shop on marylebone high street, exactly where i once saw barbara windsor
i asked him if i could take his photo and he said “of course you can darling” !
pity the photo came out so badly. oh well.
