Photography
Not quite walking on a grave, but I was amazed to see on a pavement the once-famous name of the television company that gave us Ready Steady Go and many other pioneering ITV shows. Rediffusion also made their name as providers of television set rental and the first generation of cable television connections, which was the reason for this manhole cover in Brighton.
Sunset at high tide on Hammersmith Reach on the River Thames in West London. Two photos of the same sunset to compare and contrast the trees on the Surrey side with the steel and glass architecture on the Middlesex side, to use the Boat Race terminology.
Discovering the lush subtropical plantings of the Logan Botanic Garden warmed by the Gulf Stream in the Rhins of Galloway of south-western Scotland. Immaculately tended beds and woodland (with labels) as you would expect at a Royal Botanic Garden, but with sympathetic layouts and vistas that are aesthetically satisfying as well as botanically informative. The show glasshouse is heated by an air source heat pump and solar energy.
I’m never gardening alone in Keswick, there are lots of fluffy things flying around and on the ground. Some I see and some never show their little faces. Here are photos of some of this week’s fluffy friends. The eyes of the different animals are quite distinctive, giving us a view in to their world, from the wide-eyed innocence of the fledgling taking its first bath to the scared rabbit and field mouse, always on the lookout for death from above.
Impressions and textures seen during our hike up the River Glenderamackin to Mungrisdale Common and Bowscale Fell with views over Sharp Edge of Blencathra towards other Cumbrian Fells.
More photos: Sharp Edge & Mungrisdale - Lake District National Park
