Photo-a-day 16: King’s Cross
On my way home! Hurray!
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Photo-a-day 15: Scary fish
These scary-looking fish are wrapped around many of the lampposts on the South Bank. I walk past them on my way to work, and often wonder who on earth thought they added to the aesthetic!
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Photo-a-day 14: Queen Victoria
This is Queen Victoria at sunrise this morning, overlooking Whitehall from her throne atop the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She’s flanked by an absurdly tiny lion and unicorn, and four more reasonably sized classical figures.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2014, Scrapbook, London, Queen Victoria, Whitehall.
Photo-a-day 13: King’s Cross
I went back to London bright and early this morning, arriving into King’s Cross station bathed in brilliant sunshine!
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Photo-a-day 12: Excess tea
When Wendy is on nights, she’s so focussed on work that she sometimes becomes a little forgetful about the more everyday things in life. We have ended up with something of a surfeit of tea after she bought it when it wasn’t really needed… repeatedly. But with Wendy’s tea consumption, it’ll be gone before long!
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Photo-a-day 11: Za Za Bazaar
Wendy and I went to Newcastle’s new Za Za Bazaar for dinner tonight… The decoration is certainly unique, and the food was delicious!
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Photo-a-day 10: Suspect package
One of the particular frustrations of working on Whitehall is that, every so often, I’m evacuated from my office while the police investigate a suspect package. Still, better safe than sorry, and I’d far rather be one of the people leaving the building (or sheltering in a safe zone) than one of those heading in the opposite direction to investigate!
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Photo-a-day 8: King Charles St arch
The best I’ve come up with today is this blurry picture of the arch where King Charles Street meets Whitehall. I thought it looked quite pretty lit up, but the detail is lost in the blurriness. Here’s what it looks like when competently photographed in daylight (from the other side)!
You’ll also notice the bollards lining Whitehall in this photo – they look sort of dainty and decorative, but whenever the pavement is dug up for maintenance, one can see how far down into the earth they go, and the size of their impressive below-ground hulk. They’re also quite a bit wider than they appear to be at a glance – I assume their taper is designed to induce that optical illusion. Essentially. they are absolute beasts of bollards in iceberg-style decorative clothing!
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Photo-a-day 7: Cushion mania
This (otherwise ideal) London hotel has always has a slightly unhealthy obsession with cushions, but this just takes the biscuit! Let’s hope it’s a one-off, and not a new policy for the new year!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2014, Scrapbook, Cushions, Hotels.