Photography
There's a fine Japanese Garden in the park between the BBC Television Centre and the White City estate. It is the remains of the Japan-British exhibition of 1910. There's a rock turtle, model volcanoes and a tranquil pond, home to a small number of well-fed ducks.
Despite being surrounded by the BBC's satellite dish farm, the outer spiral arm of the Television Centre star city, and the housing estate, it remains a haven, one of my favourite places for a stress-busting lunchtime walk, even in winter.
Seasonal snow in West London looking very pretty for my lunch-time walk in the blizzard.
Terry's garden in Preston Park, Brighton in Sussex; my photos showing his flowers, greengage tree, tree fern, pond and a very popular garden bird feeder. Lots of plants dating from prehistoric times, which would be handy if a dinosaur or pterodactyl happened to pass by, there's even a good supply of fresh bamboo ready for a giant panda but more usual visitors are Brighton seagulls and sparrows! Also a pretty sunset over towards Withdean and Hove.
Brighton's Burning the Clocks lantern parade and night festival celebrates the passing of the old time and the restarting of the clock after the winter solstice. The parade of lanterns and clock symbols is headed by the Lady of Light. The parade passes through the streets and lanes of Brighton, ending on the beach where the symbols of the old time are purified by fire and the water from the sea. It's a peculiarly secular event, appropriate for the city which the recent census identified as having the least believers in God in the UK.
The Olympic torch comes to my borough: a tour around Wood Lane, South Africa Way and Uxbridge Road in Shepherds Bush, West London on day 69 of its tour of the UK. The Olympic flame finally reaches Olympic Park in East London tomorrow.
Not easy to confirm the names of the torch bearers, crowd hearsay had it that these are a rugby player, a boxer and a lady who does good works in the area.
