Archives for October 2023

Birthday party

80th

Collecting Bike

Castle Meadows

Left my bike after J's party, so a brief run to collect it.

St Peter’s Wallingford

St Peter’s Wallingford

St Peter's was open. So I popped in for a shufty.

Set Up

80th

F, expressing his feelings during the setup for "The Party".

Sunset Snaps

Sunset snaps

Grabbing the sunset with Ewok before heading back south.

Lonely Tree

The lonely tree, Breacon Hill, Loughborough

Lonely tree; Beacon Hill (Loughborough) edition. More Beacons.

Aldwych

Aldwych — Pedestrianised

Aldwych pedestrianisation benefits.

Aldwych St Mary’s

St Mary Le Strand Church

San Juan Memories

San Juan memories triggered at the  Museum of modern art Oxford

San Juan memories triggered at the  Museum of modern art Oxford

Memories of the San Juan's (especially West Beach on Orcas Island) triggered at MOMA Oxford.

Day out in Oxford

Story museum

P&R. Police Station. Story Museum. Moma. Books. Westgate. Books. Handle Bar (for Lunch!). Books (Bodleian & Blackwell's). Christ Church. Police Station. P&R.

Danger of death

Upside down post

From large poles falling from the sky and embedding themselves deep into the ground.

Do not park

Do not park

cheeky

Ewok

Ewok got all the way to the end of our walk, waited for me to get distracted by Yogi, and then "pretended" he’d lost us and danced, yes the only way I can describe it is dancing, danced most of the way back to the river before I caught up with him. Cheeky Ewok.

Heading homeward

Virgin Atlantic JFK

Sunset over the Hudson

Sunset

Prada!

Prada

NYC Color

New York

New York

Yes, there is some color in New York. Not much. Some.

A walk around New York

Look closely and you can see the office

Hotel Two

New York

Is this the hotel I booked? I'm sure this alley will be fine…

New York

Feeling 25 years too old for the Moxy.

It's quicker to walk

New York

New York

New York

New York

New York

New York sounds like a traffic jam. It sounds like it is. So walking is usually faster. And you see more.

NYC Street Art

Street Art

30k Sunday Wander

A walk around New York

Starting at the hotel, a Sunday wander around New York. 30k to Central Park and back.

A walk around New York

The back of the hotel is a bit of a building site. Like much of New York is on a rolling basis.

A walk around New York

There's a selfie spot inside the Westfield World Trade shopping center.

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

Which has an amazing sweeping roof.

A walk around New York

World trade graffiti.

A walk around New York

Cycle lanes.

A walk around New York

Performance center.

A walk around New York

Irish hunger memorial,

A walk around New York

Back streets.

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

More cycle lanes.

A walk around New York

Kayaking

A walk around New York

and old pier piles.

A walk around New York

Places to sit…

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

…and watch the world go by on Pier 45.

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

The highline, which was busy, hence the "Highline Shuffle"

A walk around New York

W 14th Street

A walk around New York

Cutting through the Chelsea Market building.

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

Artichoke Basille's Pizza

A walk around New York

Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi by Eduardo Kobra.

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

To the trains at Penn Station.

A walk around New York

The New York Times because, well, this is new York.

A walk around New York

Celtic Pub.

A walk around New York

Traffic!

A walk around New York

A walk around New York

Central Park

New York

Wheeled devices going the right oer wrong one way.

New York

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. No longer used, but "preserved".

A walk around New York

NYPD

A walk around New York

East River

A walk around New York

For a cleaner, greener NYC. Yes, that's what the sign says.

A walk around New York

More NYPD.

Village Voice

Village Voice.

I slept well.

Hotel One

New York

The first hotel. Feeling all a bit John Wick at the Beekman.

Beekman Hotel, New York

Don't look down.

Patagonia NY

Patagonia NYC

Well, you can't just walk past!

Table in the clouds

Table in the clouds

Hidden Treasure

Lobby

New York

Hanging out in WTC4, the New York office, for a few days.

New York

New York

It's a great spot for weather watching. But less dramatic than last time

Running New York

New York

New York

New York Financial District

Downtown 5k loops FTW.

Morning Padstow

Good morning Padstow

Beautiful. Again.