Cols du Galibier, Lauteret, Ornon and Festre
Col du Galibier (2642 m.)
Big smiles at 2642 m. It’s been a struggle to get back to this special place but great to ride here with Arno. Photos of a great ride together culminating at the Col du Galibier.
Col du Lauteret (2058 m.)
Mont Blanc (4809 m.) seen from the Col du Galibier
Col du Galibier (2642 m.), view south-east to the Écrins, Serre-Chevalier ski slopes and the Alpes Maritimes on the horizon
Col d’Aspres
L’Obiou (2789 m.) seen from the path to the Col d’Aspres in the French Préalpes
I found a doggie for my hike - well actually the local doggie found me and bonded temporarily
Lubéron, first ride after lockdown
At last! After nearly four months, it’s time to ride. The sun’s nearly vertical, the skies blue: this is riding in the Lubéron in Provence in summer.
Architecture of Wood Lane, London W12
Television Centre (1960) - central courtyard
Television Centre (1960) - Stage Door
A walk around the classic buildings of Wood Lane, London W12
51°26'53.4"N 0°17'09.9"W
Amazing diversity of images in a hour at just this one location: a photographic survey of this location at this time. Photos made within an hour and within 25 m. of this latitude and longitude point
Don Giovanni - live opera restarts
Live opera restarts with Mozart’s chilling D minor chord from the Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, as their socially distanced production of Don Giovanni breaks the silence from the opera houses since March.
Symbolism pervades even more than usual in a Mozart opera. Don Giovanni, the promiscuous but lovable rake would be a super-spreader in Covid-19 parlance, there’s the masked ball of Act 1 and the banquet in Act 2, which arrives in take-away boxes.
2004 Saint Julien - Grand vin de Bordeaux
Enjoying roast pheasant with this Grand vin de Bordeaux (Saint Julien AOC, Médoc). Here are my tasting notes.
