Heathrow Returning to Normal

Crowded at check in but no unusual delays

Speedy Delivery

Speedy Delivery
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

Royal Mail delivery trolley waits patiently on the pavement for tomorrow's busy rounds.

Snow and Shard

Snow falling on London Bridge Station

Columbia Rd Flower Market

In full swing for Christmas trees, Holly, amaryllis

No frowning today

Upbeat info column at #1ookmumnohands on Old St, London

Crossing Waterloo Bridge

Crossing Waterloo Bridge on a cold and windy December evening. View west toward the Palaces of Westminster and South Bank's London Eye. Frame taken with Night Photo app to minimise camera shake and cropped in the Adobe PS app.

Break Time

London Boris biker waiting at traffic light

Morning Coffee

Coffee at the Mecca (Monmouth Coffee in Maltby St.,Bermondsey

Remembering - 14 November 2010

Time passes but the horror of war is still visible in the many monuments in London, UK to sacrifices made by the armed services and loss of life to civilians. All images mine from a mix of analogue and digital cameras. Each row from upper left: (i) Highbury Corner V1 Rocket Memorial, (ii) mosaic from base of Meeting Place by Paul Day, St Pancras International, (iii) sunlight through tree in Abney Park Cemetery, (iv) Coronation Ave Bombing memorial - Abney Park Cemetery, (v) wild rose in Abney Park Cemetery, (vi) War memorial - Abney Park Cemetery and (vii) Druid St Bermondsey memorial

Crossings, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

St Pancras - A Moment in Time

Entry for New York Times 'A Moment in Time' at 1500 UTC on 30 April 2010

Postcard Day

Postcard Day
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

OK, it's a bit touristy but I couldn't help stopping for a pic when crossing the Thames yesterday. A rare, no cloud morning in London. The bright colours are the newly-repainted railings along the Southwark Road Bridge, my favourite river crossing - minimal traffic and fully-segregated bike lanes in both directions.

First Ride on Boris Bike

First Ride on Boris Bike
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

Vauxhall - front view of bike docked after my first ride on Transport for London's Cycle Hire bike. Verdict: heavy but smooth ride on rough roads - it's an updated version of a beach bomber complete with front and rear lights and bell. Gearing a bit low but not planning an attempt at the human powered speed record anytime soon. It has a 'presence' on the road and posed no handling difficulties on my half-hour jaunt from Hoxton to Vauxhall.

London's Critical Mass

London's Critical Mass
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

Nikon D40, Nikkor AF-S 35mm 1:1.8 G lens. London's Critical Mass northbound on Regent St. approaching Piccadilly Circus.

www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk/main.html

East London Line

East London Line
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

The world's newest metro line opened today for passengers. The East London line combines the best of 19th and 21st century technologies, passing through the Brunel Tunnel under the River Thames, the world's first underwater tunnel and on state-of-the-art modern tracks and new arch bridges.

The carriages and stations are spacious - much more so than the Docklands Light Railway - and passengers can walk through from one carriage to the next should the nearly empty space soon fill up with eager commuters.

Top row from left to right: (i) Interior carriage seats at Shoreditch High St., (ii) platform seats at Canada Water, the transfer point for the Jubilee Line, (iii), Whitechapel, an 'old' refurbished station, (iv) poster at the brand new Hagerston Station. Center row - left to right: (i) girders on bridge over A10, (ii) Hoxton station platform, (iii) train arriving at Canada Water. Bottom row from left to right: (i) interior carriage shot showing connection to next carriage, (ii) New tile work at Haggerston station, and (iii) train departing Haggerston station.

Tower Hamlets Wheelers Workshop

Wheelers workshop - volunteer mechanic pumping tyre
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

Tower Hamlets Wheelers celebrated their seventh year of monthly bicycle workshops on 27 March 2010. The workshop ran from 11:00 to 15:00 at the Limehouse Town Hall in East London. Here, Dave, a volunteer mechanic, is pumping up a tyre for one of the more than two dozen cyclists who attended for a variety of repairs ranging from brakes to bottom brackets.

BFI Southbank - 60s Diva DJs

BFI Southbank - 60s Diva DJs
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

The Riverfront Bar at BFI Southbank came alive last night during the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Diva DJs dancing to 'Stoned Love' by Diana Ross

Dangerous Roundabout

Dangerous Roundabout
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

Southbound traffic on Southgate Rd oftens fails to give way to cyclists travelling east or west on Northchurch Rd. The gray car in the foreground is encroaching on the cyclist who is already in the roundabout despite clear road markings and give way signs on all approaches. There was a serious accident at this roundabout on the evening of 24/3/10 - a police car hit a cyclist who is in serious condition.

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23818847-cyclist-...

Paul Day - Frieze under 'Meeting Place' - Soldiers returning from war

Paul Day - Frieze under 'Meeting Place' - Soldiers returning from war
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

This photo depicts one of the panels on the frieze at the base of the 'Meeting Place', Paul Day's large bronze statue of a kissing couple in St Pancras International Station. The panels stand in stark juxtaposition to the embrace above, creating a kind of historical tension between the dark days of war, the 7/7 bombings, the sense of dark industrial isolation and the embrace in modern clothes above. I'm not quite sure what to make of the large sculpture (heterosexist) but the panels beneath drew me in with a very different view of the work as a whole.

Critical Mass - London

Piccadilly Circus
Originally uploaded by D1v1d

Waiting for rest of group at Piccadilly Circus. Critical Mass happens on the last Friday of every month - meet under Waterloo Bridge at 18:00 for 19:00 departure.