Today I headed up the M5 with my brother’s family to visit my sister’s new baby in Cam. Below are a few photographs from the day.
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- Avebury Ring
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- Boating Accident – 2005
- Bristol
- Canberra
- Candles on the Cobb
- Cannington Viaduct
- Cats
- Clowning Around
- Dartmoor
- Devizes
- Dog Photographs
- Eastbourne and Beachy Head
- Family
- Fishpond Bottom
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- Gloucester
- Halloween – 2010
- Joe Dryburgh
- Jonathan Tolhurst
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- Mackay Gooseponds Crocodile
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A few family photographs taken during a long weekend away from the city.
On Tuesday evening I headed across to enjoy some live jazz at Boisdale Canary Wharf. The company and the music were wonderful, although the atmosphere was lacking due to the venue being half empty, and not manyof the other clientele seemed too interested in the music. In my opinion the food was very average and very expensive, but the service was good. The wine and whiskey lists were impressive although just a little out of my price range!
On Saturday I headed out to the 2012 London Boat Show which took place at the Excel Centre which is next to Victoria Dock in London. I had a lovely day wandering around the exhibition halls and wondering how on earth they managed to get some of the larger boats into the exhibition hall. The watersports demonstration was excellent. A great day out if you are at all into boats and watersports.
Well I appear to have survived my first week in London! I have been working between both St Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospitals. I have totally fallen in love with the walk between the two hospitals – Southbank is spectacular, especially at night. It is wonderful to be living so close to so many world-famous landmarks!
On Sunday I decided to go on a long walk around the city of London to try and get my bearings. In the process, I happened across the Occupy London protest site outside the cathedral of St Paul’s. If I was to have believed what had been printed in certain sections of the press and reported through the BBC, I was expecting to find an obstructive, filthy camp full of abusive drunks. There were certainly a large number of tents but the site was tidy and as far as I could tell there were no problem with access. The protesters were also polite and answered my questions in a coherent manner. I have a great admiration for people who peacefully stand up for what they believe, even if I don’t always agree with their ideology. I believe that the long traditions of peaceful protest in this country should be celebrated rather than criminalised.
On Saturday I headed over to Walthamstow Assembly Hall for the wedding reception of my friend Nadia (whom I used to work with in Swindon) and her now husband Ilyas. This was my first time at a big muslim wedding reception and it was wonderful experience. I sat with the Swindon contingent of friends and ex-colleagues. I took a few pictures, although I couldn’t quite get the lighting perfect in the Assembly hall!
I have longer ways to go 
After three eventful years in Swindon, I finally packed up my possessions and headed for a new adventure in the “big smoke”. I left Swindon on the Thursday morning, from where I headed down the familiar M4/M5 journey down to Dorset where I spent the next few days preparing for the move to London. Over the past twelve months I had spent quite a bit of time trying to minimise my belongings and so found myself with only two suitcases, a rucksack and a drybag to take into the city. After spending the previous seven months living in a teepee in rural Wiltshire, the move to London was certainly going to be a bit of a shock to the system, but I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way! Once again I was able to relate to Jack Kerouac’s “On the road” with the classic line: “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” And with that, I took the 10:06 from Axminster into London Waterloo where I’ll begin the next chapter of the adventure that is life.
A few family photographs from the month of November. I have been spending as much time with the family as possible whilst preparing myself for the move to the big smoke.
Lioness
On Saturday I headed down to Paignton in Devon to spend the day at Paignton Zoo with my brother and his family. We spent a lovely day wandering around the zoo on a beautiful November’s day. William was fascinated by the giraffes and elephant. The animals all looked happy and well cared for, except perhaps the elephant who looked a bit lonely. We ate at a restaurant on site where a peacock was running a muck – much to the delight of the children. When you have a look at the statistics of just how few of some of the most amazing creatures are left in the wild, you begin to realise just what an important role zoos will have to play in the survival of many species. A lovely day out, definitely recommended!
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