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

So that was Summer !

Outside the Southbank Centre, London

So that was summer 2012 - the Olympics were great, Wiggins won the Tour de France, Murray won the US Open but it was cloudy most of the time and rained too much.

Evening over central London in September

Southbank Centre boxes, London

 Outside the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre in London,
there are some hanging boxes with apparently random letters.

 It provides a puzzle for passers-by.

From a certain angle a phrase begins to appear.

 DREAM BIG is the message

although the boxes to the left seem to saying something different

From the other direction the other boxes say "ASK WHY".

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.

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.

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.