Archive

Archive for the ‘London and the UK’ Category

On the way to 30 Celsius at Glasto …


… And another day of fun and sun… Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Scorching hot in front of a crowded Other Stage


There are actually people murmuring that maybe a cloud or two wouldn’t be sooooo bad…

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Ahhh, morning at Glastonbury…


… and everyone needs the toilets. Hold your noses!

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Taste of London 2010


We had a great day out on Saturday at the Taste of London Festival despite some inclement British summertime weather. I say "despite" as a little June chill provided the perfect excuse to indulge in some typically wintry dishes such as suckling pig (excellent from Fino) and some warming vodka-based refreshments. 

Here are a few highlights (full photoset with descriptions here)

Glastonbury “LOVE” Picture included in the Guardian Reader’s Gallery


I had the honour today to discover that one of my old standby Glastonbury shots had made it onto the Guardian Reader's Gallery which just went up today.

This picture also had an Honourable Mention on the official Glastonbury website competition back in 2004. It's the gift that keeps on giving…

Photo of Serpentine gets “Photo of the Day” on Londonist.com


I was happy to see that I've gotten another Photo of the Day, this time from Londonist.com, and it's one from my spring photowalk series from last Saturday. As is always the way, it's not actually my favourite one, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder! 

(I have craftily corrected the exposure a bit using Piknik as I thought it looked a bit dark once I was away from my home computer…)

Photos from springtime: Riverside and Park Life


A few shots from Saturday’s stroll along the Thames and up into the grand parks of London on a glorious, hot, sunny day. One of the first of 2010. Pray there will be many more and that we don’t suffer another rubbish summer.

West London Sky sans Airplanes


Since the ash from the Icelandic volcano has resulted in a full UK ground stop for days now, the springtime sunshine and blue skies are untroubled by the sound of planes, or their visible evidence in the skies. For the first time in ages, we have a properly blue sky.

EDIT: Interestingly as I was just browsing Twitter I came across this post, retweeted by my friend @yezzer: @ruskin147: One of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen in the sky over West London

Syon Park, London


I recently had the good fortune to attend the wedding of some good friends at the stately home of Syon Park, near Richmond. This is the family seat of the Duke of Northumberland, and was very posh. A great wedding venue, as you'll see.

Dick Dale at the Luminaire


On Friday night my sister Sally, her boyfriend Jake, and myself popped up to the Luminaire in Kilburn to hear a set by surf-rock legend and all around dude, Dick Dale, who melted our faces with a blistering set of machismo and overcranked amps. My ears are still ringing. 

I had my Canon S90 with me and despite its annoying lack of low-light autofocus competency I managed to snag a few shots from "the pit".