Winter in London

Winter photos

Snow Flake on Cafe window

Skating in the courtyard of Somerset House, London

Cakes for sale in Chinatown, London

Stray glove in park

Saturday eveming at the Royal Festival Hall

2012 Christnas Lights over the Southbank

Christmas lights over the Southbank, next to the Royal Festival Hall, at the start of Advent.

Christmas lights to cheer us in the cold weather

The lights stand out against the dark sky

Colours on the Southbank, London

Colours on the Southbank in London:

"Poured Lines" by Ian Davenport under a bridge in Southwark Street

Coloured Lights slowly changing, under a bridge in Southwark Street,

On the promenade outside the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, a sandpit has been created with strips of coloured sand:

Orange

Green

Inevitably some sand strays onto another strip:

A patch of yellow sand has strayed onto the blue sand

Some blue sand has crossed over onto the red sand,
creating a purple effect.

Even the rocks are coloured

 The beach on the Southbank

Easter Chocolate Festival, Southbank, London

Expensive but tempting:

Easter is coming so the food market had chocolate delights on sale at the Chocolate Festival at the Southbank, London.

Saturday evening, Southbank Centre, London

Real Food market outside the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, on a Saturday evening.

Some travel in style. A tour bus outside the Royal Festival Hall with a satellite dish placed by the front entrance. Joan Baez was performing at the venue that evening.

Funfair on Southbank, London, February 2012

During February there was a funfair to light up the Southbank in front of the Shell Centre in London.

Super Giant Helter Skelter - Don't Forget Your Mat

Carousel - Enjoy the Ride

Others chose to stay indoors:

Riverside Terrace Cafe, South Bank Centre

The Mayor's Thames Festival 2011, London, 10-11 Sept. 2011

 Southwark Bridge on Saturday evening, 10 Sept 2011

 The road was closed to traffic for the weekend and tables were placed along the bridge

Lots of food was available to buy at stalls

New tactics for dealing with troublemakers? 

"Appearing Rooms" by Jeppe Hein outside the Royal Festival Hall

Bunting in the Southbank, London

The Southbank Centre has hung out the bunting as part of the Festival of Britain Celebrations which commemorate the 1951 The Festival of Britain.

Urban Fox at the Southbank Centre, Waterloo, London

Urban Fox, made of straw bales, at the Southbank Centre, Waterloo, London.

A Fiery Sunset on the Southbank, London

A fiery sunset over London from outside the Globe Theatre

From outside the Tate Modern gallery

Pedestrians and a photographer on the Millennium Bridge over the Thames

The photographer with his tripod in silhouette

The new Blackfriars Station being built over the Thames

The view from the Southbank, London

The view in the evening from outside the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre looking across the River Thames to the floodlit buildings on the Strand in London. The illuminated buildings are the New Adelphi, Shell Mex House and Savoy Hotel.

London Eye at dusk

The London Eye, on the South Bank of the River Thames, at dusk.

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament
can be seen in the background.