Photography
Yes, you can still see the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova (d. 1931) at the Victoria Palace theatre, London SW1! Her gilded statue shines brightly in the morning light above the theatre, greeting commuters arriving to the steel and glass office blocks which now dwarf the graceful theatre designed by Frank Matcham, which opened in 1911.
But I couldn’t see Raspberry Pavlova, the meringue, cream and raspberries dessert which carries her name, offered on the menus of nearby restaurants...
Approaching storm in the Alps and Écrins around Briançon. Time to go home.
Fort Queyras and Mont Visio (3841 m.)
Driving up the Valley of the Durance in Provence, the river bed is alight with the autumn colours on all the vegetation, the ash and silver birch trees put on a particularly vivid show. Travelling upstream towards the mountains, I get the impression of moving though the stages of autumn as the colours slowly go darker to late autumn as the kilometres pass this trip’s hired Clio.
The snow-covered granite mountains, Alps and Écrins, gradually come in to view; now the super-white brilliance of the snow left by this October’s storms steals the show, topping off the visual treat of the Provence topography.
People enjoy the fresh air and fine views of the Écrins in various ways this autumn - photos from the Col du Granon (2413 m.)
Low Water on the Thames at Palace Wharf, Fulham
The Palace Wharf warehouse bears the date 1907, but the pier has been derelict since the 1970s.
