Part one

Today was the day that I had set aside as a 'me' day, with the only aim was to do some photography. The weather forecast was good and with snow on the hills the only sensible choice was to go north. But before I did that I had a run out to the Knapps before breakfast. At this time of the year it takes some time for the sun to come up over the hills and hit the water. The wind was blowing strongly from the from the north and it was bitter standing waiting for the light. 

When the light came up I managed to find some nice images which set the day up well for my trip up north.

It's been a long time since I did so little photography in January.
Apart from my Instagram images which I take mostly while commuting, I have not had a chance to shoot with my 'big' camera. Today was different. The sun was out for the first time in days and the weather had warmed up from the icy blast that has been wrapping itself around us for the past week or so.
I drove up to Greenwich and found a parking space near the power station. The tide was approaching full and the wind was blowing hard, but as the sun was out it felt almost warm. I walked downstream and almost got to the O2 before I had to turn around and walk back to get my car.

Welcome to 2013

As the first day of the New Year dawned dry and sunny, we had a trip down the coast to Herne Bay. We were both sure that we had visited there in the past but we did not recognise anything there. Anyway we had a picnic in the car and then a bracing walk along the prom, and out on the pier.

Cold

It is very cold in Gravesend today

Blogging

As can be seen from the lack of posting on my blog, I am really lacking in inspiration and images to fill the pages. Most of the action has been on my Instagram account. These images are done very fast and with little planning. Just the idea of trying to post an image most days

There will be occasions when I will have images that I will post here but for the moment my main location to post images will be Instagram.

The image I posted today was of a Citroen SM

Brick Lane

It's Sunday, it's sunny and it's my weekend off!!!!

I had not been up to Spitalfields and Brick Lane for a long time, so today I had trip up there.

I came up into Liverpool St and went through Petticoat lane. This has really gone downhill. All the stalls seemed to sell the same tat and there was not atmosphere. Then I went into the Spitalfields covered market. This again had changed and was mostly corporate shops with few of the more quirky independents. 

Across Commercial Street were the markets around the old Truman Brewery. These had the small stands and the artists and traders, by far the most fun!

I wandered around the old houses, of Furnier St and then walked the length of Brick Lane and up to Columbia Road.

The pictures are a mix of all the things I saw today.

Highgate

We have been wanting to visit Highgate cemetery for many years, but never seemed to get around to it. Until yesterday, when we both had a day off and the weather good.
The west cemetery is by tour only but we got to see the interesting bits of the cemetery. The East cemetery which is still used is open to wander around. In this side the graves include Carl Marx and Douglas Adams.

Instagram

It is noticeable that I have not put many images on my blog over the past few weeks.

The reason is that I have started using Instagram. I am very late to the party, but the joy is that it all runs straight of my iPhone and I upload straight onto face book. The images are mostly taken on my daily commute, so there are several images of train stations.

This post will be a selection of what I have shot over the past few days.

Sunny Day

Today was rather sunny and as I have had a chest infection for a few days which has left me tired and with no energy to create any images, I took the chance to visit the old fish ponds again.

Pocahontas

A couple if images I made at the weekend, of the statue of Pocahontas in St Georges churchyard.

Waverley at Gravesend Pier

It has been a very dismal day grey, wet until the evening. Just before sunset I went down to the pier to try and catch some light. I found, moored up to the pier, the paddle steamer Waverley. I remember sailing on her down the river Clyde many many years ago. The most exciting thing for a young boy was the chance to have a look at the engines. There was a place where you could stand and watch the the connecting rods moving to turn the crank attached to the paddles. Going to see the engines also became an excuse for the men to visit the bar that was situated nearby.