I met him from Flickr London

We went together to Regents Park, he taking mostly birds flying, and me more the surrounding and people.

I just went through my pictures done last Sunday: a huge variety!

At the begining, it rained, but soon the clouds left and the light become wonderfull, even more later in the afternoon as we arrived at the other side of the lake.

The park offered us not only birds, and there were a huge number of them coming, mostly when women offered them seeds, but the wind and water birds made the water impressionist like and the flowers and trees reflected in them.

And people were very friendly, most of them agreed to be photographed by me, some others I have taken "candid" not disturbing in what they were doing, talking with each others, feeding birds or looking at the lake.

Not many people in that weather but enough to make it a very interesting walk and place to take pictures too. Here the first 50 in slide-show.

Regents Park must be also beautiful in fall!

Second thoughts

This is a picture by Chris, who does photos of gloves for a friend, who makes collection of them. I have seen him in Farington taking it.

I did not realise, at the time, what wonderfull contrast it formed and plus, the design of the image shows great knowledgeship!

It was fascinating looking at other photographers taking pictures.

While we were in Farrington, Adrian took this image in Hyde park: I wish I could be there too, but in a few days I did what I could most.
Even like it is, I came home so tired that I question myself, for the moment: do I really want to go to London? Would it not be better to remain quietly in my small Paris's suburb house? It is quiet here, I know most what it is around.

Do I have to move in another, unknown place to an unknown future?

Gare St Pankras

I just read this entrance to the Eurostar, modern and fast train under the Manche that took me in almost two hours from London to Paris, was not a church as I believed first but a hotel.

Still amazing!

I stayed yesterday afternoon around it, waiting for my time to arrive, as I could not change my ticket for an earlier on.

I went first to Fowler's and found a very interesting book, relating the journey my grand parents have been in 1944, I'll talk about it later. Then I went to the British library where I could not use internet, but had a nice stay and looked at old manuscripts. And read for a while my own book.

Across the station is the Camden Town's library, more popular and also more friendly. They let me use the Internet, first for ten minutes, then as someone left earlier, for almost an hour. Read newspapers too, and relax in a nice environment.

Quieter then the Station St Pankras International's hall!

Fulham yesterday afternoon

Each of us has its own passion.

We are different each as the different neighborhoods of London are too. I felt good in Fulham and was fascinated also by my flickr pot who is taking things found on the floor.

He had "only" five of his cameras with him, using each on other occasions, but of course more then one objective.

For me, for the moment the small Sony Cybershot is enough, the problem in London was only the slow upload from my hotel room. "It is temporary" they told me, but I am going home tonight. Then again, from home, I'll be able to upload faster.


Near Earl's Court metro station: she looked to me like Ms Marple from Agatha Cristy novels!

Camden market

The popular market in the town of Camden is so different from the one I have seen at Nothing's Hill Portobello!

London is so varied from one part to the other.

Of course, it was also raining almost all day, yesterday, and when not raining we had a very strong wind in London.

I went first to the Canary Row but near the Thames up there the wind blow me so much, I went fast inside the metro station instead of looking around. In Camden, I could walk until the rain arrived and then I went in a small and nice Italian restaurant. Anyway, by that time it was nearly noon.

- I want salad instead of chips.
- No problem.

Looking from inside to the wind blowing and returning the umbrellas was more fun then when it arrived to me, later of course.

London, sunday

Regent park walk around the lake with Adrien, who is a real "chasseur des images, des oiseaux", following with passion the bird's flying and caching them on the fly - on his camera.

It was very interesting for me to watch him taking pictures.

Apart for a few drops of rain, it was a wanderfull after-noon together.

While I took pictures of people, mostly, he did find a bird paradise around the lake, some women came specially to feed them.

Others come just to stroll around, or take some air.

It takes all of us to make a town!

Yes, the water lilies were missing, but we had ducks instead, Monet would have been happy also with the light of late after-noon.

Early saturday, Farrington & Portobello

Almost no one in the Tube early saturday morning, mostly the party goers going home after a whole night.

Some alone, others in couple.

Click on a title to see the rest of my day!

I went early to Farrington, but the meat market is closed the week-end, so one of the "home going boys" proposed me to visit the Nothing Hill Gate's market, Portobello.

An interesting and huge antic's market!

As it was early, the vendors had time to pose, there is so much image to take there that by the time I was exhausted, and took a bus towards Oxfort Circle, finally Trafalgar square, my batterie was also emply.

After visit to the National Portrait Gallery, I went to Embarquadere on Thames, but a cold wind and small rain told me, both "go home"!

But I did return to the hotel with lots of images and also a chineeze take out, so I do not have to leave again.

After 70, one may have energy, but it is limited.