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| Saturday, 14-Aug-2004 00:00 |
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Cornwall July/August 2004
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Remains of Marconi's wireless station in Poldhu, Cornwall
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The new Marconi Centre in Poldhu, Cornwall
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Marconi memorial, Poldhu, Cornwall
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Near Poldhu Cove, Cornwall
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Fishing fleet, Cadgwith, Cornwall
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House in Cadgwith, Cornwall
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A smattering of snaps from this year's holiday
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| Saturday, 19-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath
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Tree & Sky - portrait
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Tree & Sky - landscape
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Storm front - portrait
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Storm front - portrait 2
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A windless therefore fruitless kite flying expedition provided a nice opportunity to photograph the gathering storm cloud front that moved in over Hampstead Heath above London this afternoon.
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| Monday, 31-May-2004 00:00 |
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Dragonfly Sanctuary, Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey
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It is Bank Holiday Monday and there are blue skies with high white clouds, bright hot sunshine and the kids want to watch DVDs. Instead of despairing we dragged them out to see the dragonflys in the Dragonfly Sanctuary in the Cornmill Meadows, just North of Waltham Abbey. The merdian marker is a stone from the old London Bridge, which was demolished in 1968, carved with a relief map of the world. It sits astride the 0° line that runs north from Greenwich.
You'll need to zoom some of the pics (the ones that just look like shots of grass and reeds) to see the dragonflies and damselflies - they're not great as I have no zoom on the camera.
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| Saturday, 29-May-2004 00:00 |
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The London Eye and The London Aquarium
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With family over from the States, we took the rare opporunity to play tourist in our home town today. This involved a revolving 'flight' on the 142 metre high London Eye, a lunch of yummy filled bagels and iced tea followed by an informative and fun visit to the neighbouring London Aquarium. Both attractions are expensive but worthwhile as a special treat - I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
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| Monday, 12-Apr-2004 00:00 |
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A day at Paradise Park
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Although it was crowded (Easter Monday), spending a young one's birthday in an animal park was a great way to keep four energetic sprogs entertained for a day. Not only that, they hopefully learnt a fair amount and had a blast tearing around, looking at some beautiful animals in the breeding and conservation programmes and playing on every available ride.
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| Friday, 9-Apr-2004 00:00 |
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Basket cases
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3 kittens in a basket
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3 kittens in a basket - close up
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Jessie, one of our cats has had kittens recently. They are just beginning to explore and get themselves into all sorts of scrapes. After a lot of scrabbling and mewling whilst we were watching TV last night, we suddenly realised it had all gone quiet. We looked around the edge of the sofa to find all three had fallen asleep in the basket we use for newspapers and magazines.
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| Thursday, 8-Apr-2004 00:00 |
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Easter Lambs
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In the new barn
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Newborn lambs
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Despite the cold wind and periodic rain that, we started out Easter break by a brisk after-lunch walk to the Mudchute, our local city farm, to see the newborn spring lambs.
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| Sunday, 4-Apr-2004 00:00 |
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The Isle of Dogs
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Places
Rather than sit at the screen all day, I decided to take a walk around the immediate local area whilst the family were all out and about.
The Pierhead and The Gun captures the one of the newer buildings on the island and one of the older too. The Pierhead development was completed just in time for the apartment owners to move in and enjoy an uninterupted view across the Thames to the fesivities at the Millenium Dome on New Year's Eve 1999. The Gun is one of the oldest pubs in the area (previously derelict but under renovation now) and was the reputed rendezvous for Lord Horatio Nelson and Lady Hamilton on their nights together.
Walking beneath the tallest tower of the development, I turned and looked up at the building in relief against the stormy sky. Upon checking the shot, I noticed the seagull wheeling above the penthouse, looking down on me.
Walking past The Gun, I was intrigued by the imprint of a long-gone gable room left on high on a wall next to a window. What was the building that had stood there? Crossing the road, I walked round the marina at Poplar Dock, quietly jealous of the seemingly happy-go-lucky boat dwellers mooching about doing chores on deck and painting their boats.
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| Monday, 22-Mar-2004 00:00 |
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Tunnels
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Phone
After a long and exasperating drive back from a disappointing reunion in the Peak District, I was a tad strung out and not, it seems with hindsight, paying due care and attention to my driving. Which would explain why I was arsing about with my phone. As a result, I now have a one-handed photograph of brakelights in a tunnel as I stand on the middle pedal and decelerate from around 100mph to about 40mph to avoid the traffic I have just noticed.
By way of contrast, I have included the second shot. This is what I face at 0600hrs every weekday as I commence the outbound leg of my 50 mile-a-day commute through one of the busiest capital cities on the planet. Never mind - all those queues give me more than enough time to ponder my work/life balance. Sigh.
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| Wednesday, 17-Mar-2004 00:00 |
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Desk-pick-able
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Places
Desks
1. Original setup at work - facing the window with a view of the Sheraton car park and the occasional glimpse of a Lycra-clad lovely in the hotel gym. The drawback being that I have my back to the door and, therefore, cannot see inbound bosses or staff.
2. Original setup birthday style - arrived in the office at the crack of a sparrow's fart to find my desk decorated thus. Any VP reading this should note the beer and wine was not consumed on company premises.
3. New setup at work- rotated through 90° to give me a chance of i) speaking to the colleague with whom I share the office and ii) minimising whatever non work-related activity I am engaged in when folks visit.
4. On-call arrangements in my home office before it was finished. Not quite extreme ironing but it serve a purpose when I was paged in the small hours.
5. On-call arrangements in my home office after it was finished.
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