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A photo (or three) a day for 2012.

Whetstone reflections, High Street Kensington and the South Bank revisited…

(Inverted) tree and moon reflected in the pond in Swan Lane Open Space, Whetstone...

(Inverted) tree and moon reflected in the pond in Swan Lane Open Space, Whetstone…


smart area of London is Kensington, and perhaps reflected here in the entrance to High Street Kensington Tube station... ;)

Smart area of London is Kensington, and perhaps reflected here in the entrance to High Street Kensington Tube station… 😉


View at the junction of Kensington Church Street and High Street Kensington...

View at the junction of Kensington Church Street and High Street Kensington…


Standing on Hungerford Bridge, looking towards the Royal Festival Hall, and to its left, The Shard, London's tallest building, a couple of miles distant near London Bridge...

Standing on Hungerford Bridge, looking towards the Royal Festival Hall, and to its left, The Shard, London’s tallest building, a couple of miles distant near London Bridge…


The Friday Tonic, a free gig in the Clore Ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall most Fridays, between 5.30 pm and 7.00 pm, and this week featuring the Soothsayers... :)

The Friday Tonic, a free gig in the Clore Ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall most Fridays, between 5.30 pm and 7.00 pm, and this week featuring the Soothsayers… 🙂


And if you wander back towards Waterloo station from the Royal Festival Hall, you'll probably pass by Archdukes at the top of Concert Hall Approach (and notice the Boris Bikes in the foreground, a latter-day feature of the London landscape ;).

And if you wander back towards Waterloo station from the Royal Festival Hall, you’ll probably pass by Archdukes at the top of Concert Hall Approach (and notice the Boris Bikes in the foreground, a latter-day feature of the London landscape) ;).

Last day at work in 2012…:)

Christmas lunch with seven work colleagues at The Village Inn pub, at Park Gate...

Christmas lunch with seven work colleagues at The Village Inn pub, at Park Gate…


The Birthday/Address Book was a works raffle win yesterday, and the train ticket took me from Swanwick railway station (near The Village Inn) to Fratton...with more than an hour to wait for the train because of flooding in Hampshire...

The Birthday/Address Book was a works raffle win yesterday, and the train ticket took me from Swanwick railway station (near The Village Inn) to Fratton…with more than an hour to wait for the train because of flooding in Hampshire…


...so I passed some time taking photos from the footbridge over the railway line at Swanwick station, this one of a Southampton-bound train...

…so I passed some time taking photos from the footbridge over the railway line at Swanwick station, this is one of a Southampton-bound train…

Farewell to Fareham…the final three photos of Fareham on this photoblog ;)

A rainy West Street at around seven this evening...

A rainy West Street at around seven this evening…


A rather appealing figurine in the window of H. Samuel in Fareham Shopping Centre...

A rather appealing figurine in the window of H. Samuel in Fareham Shopping Centre…


West Street, looking west...

West Street, looking west…

Gosport High Street, and Portsmouth Harbour early evening…

Gosport High Street, near the Conservative Club...

Gosport High Street, near the Conservative Club…


Bizzie Bees shop, Gosport High Street...

Bizzie Bees shop, Gosport High Street…


Spinnaker Tower, and reflections, as seen from aboard the Gosport Ferry...

Spinnaker Tower, and reflections, as seen from aboard the Gosport Ferry…

Spire, Kam Palace and tree…

The spire of St Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Middle Road, Park Gate...

The spire of St Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Middle Road, Park Gate…


The Kam Palace Chinese restaurant, in Bridge Road, Park Gate...

The Kam Palace Chinese restaurant, in Bridge Road, Park Gate…


Tree, into the light, Middle Road, Park Gate...

Tree, into the light, Middle Road, Park Gate…

December lights in Regent Street, Oxford Street, and Trafalgar Square…

Christmas lights at the top end of Regent Street, near Oxford Circus...

Christmas lights at the top end of Regent Street, near Oxford Circus…


Hmmm...I guess that Marmite sentiment  is as true of some folks' attitude ro Christmas shopping in Oxford Street... ;)

Hmmm…I guess that Marmite sentiment is as true of some folks’ attitude to Christmas shopping in Oxford Street… 😉


Trafalgar Square from its western side...

Trafalgar Square from its western side…

A dozen views in and around Waterloo…

The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterloo...

The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterloo…


A lot happens around here  ;)...

A lot happens around here ;)…


Part of the Parterre Garden in St. John's Churchyard...

Part of the Parterre Garden in St. John’s Churchyard…


My very favourite figurine in the Parterre Garden...

My very favourite figurine in the Parterre Garden…


The rather poignant headpiece to a four-seater mosaic bench in St. John's Churchyard...

The rather poignant headpiece to a four-seater mosaic bench in St. John’s Churchyard…


More Waterloo mosaicery...;)

More Waterloo mosaicery…;)


...and yet more...

…and yet more…


The IMAX cinema at Waterloo...

The IMAX cinema at Waterloo…


Roupell Street, London SE1...

Roupell Street, London SE1…


'To the Trains' another mosaic, in an underpass leading to Waterloo station...

‘To the Trains’, another mosaic, in an underpass leading to Waterloo station…


View upstream from Hungerford Bridge...

View upstream from Hungerford Bridge…


Several Santas, good enough to pose for me outside the Royal Festival...and a Merry Christmas to all...:)

Several Santas, good enough to pose for me outside the Royal Festival Hall…and a Merry Christmas to all…:)

Rainy day in Hampshire…

West Street, Fareham at around ten=past eight this morning...

West Street, Fareham at around ten-past eight this morning…


Similar view, similar time, but in colour...

Similar view, similar time, but in colour…


Further along West Street, near the bus station...

Further along West Street, near the bus station…

Lunchtime pint in the Queens Head…

A lunchtime pint of lager in the Queens Head, Titchfield village...

A pint of lager in the Queens Head, Titchfield village…


A fire in the grate...

A fire in the grate…


And the Queen was Catherine of Braganza...

And the Queen was Catherine of Braganza…

Green, black, white, red, pink, silver…

Piebald horse, grazing in a field off Cartwright Drive, Titchfield...

Piebald horse, grazing in a field off Cartwright Drive, Titchfield…


Two red dresses in a shop in West Street, Fareham...

Two red dresses in a shop in West Street, Fareham…


Two chairs, in a furniture shop in Orchard Road, Southsea...

Two chairs, in a furniture shop in Orchard Road, Southsea…

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