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Giants and Big Heads in Barcelona

During the summer months, Catalan towns brim with festivals.  Giants and big-heads (gegants i capgrossos) make their grand appearance  along with human castles, fireworks, correfocs (fire run), all accompanied by dancing […]

Geometric Path

  I came across this stunning path in the City of London.     . Posted as part of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: walk.

The Gardener

Every walk around the City of London, brings with it a new discovery;  a new garden perhaps, or a new church.  Today, I came across the Brewers’ Hall Garden, with its sculpture […]

Clouds over St Pancras

There is a new giant art installation at St Pancras International Station.  Called Clouds: Meteoros, the two giant clouds are white and fluffy, with dark grey human figures positioned on […]

39 Steps

The 39 Steps is currently showing at the Criterion Theatre in London’s Piccadilly Square. “a memorable and original look back at a sadly bygone era of steam trains, pipe smoking, […]

Castles in the Air

The famous Castellers de Vilafranca, els Verds (the Greens), were in London in April 2013 to celebrate Saint George’s day and demonstrate their gravity-defying human towers. I came across them […]

Springtime in London

The deckchairs are out in Green Park – spring is here! Not quite warm enough for swimwear: But us Brits are resilient and plenty of people were out enjoying today’s […]

P is for… Punting in Cambridge

Punts are flat-bottomed boats with  square ends, propelled along a river by means of a long pole which is pushed into the ground (not to be confused with the equally romantic gondola, which has […]

Clouds over Barcelona

Stunning clouds over Barcelona at dusk: I’m participating in the online adventure travel and outdoor photography magazine Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers.  This week’s Challenge is: Clouds!

Kings Cross in Black & White

  All photos taken with my iPhone 4, post-processing with Picasa. . Posted as part of iPhoneography Monday.  The challenge this week is Black and White.  All are welcome to […]