Squirrel uses picnic table, Victoria Park, East London

A squirrel has a bite to eat on the picnic table in Victoria Park, East London, UK.

A coot waits for the squirrel to finish.

Snow in London, Feb 2012

Some pics of the snow in London in Feb. 2012:

The branches on the trees turned white

No takers for the tables in the park

No football in the park on Sunday afternoon

7our Bus, Lovebox festival, Victoria Park, London

A tour bus entering the backstage area at the Lovebox festival in Victoria Park, East London. The number plate is 7OUR. It is an Ayats Bravo and part of Coach UK of Liverpool's Starcruiser fleet. For other pictures of this type of coach see the Starcruiser website.

Burdett-Coutts Fountain in Victoria Park, East London

Grade II* listed drinking fountain in Victoria Park erected by Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts in 1862. It is to be restored as part of the work currently taking place in the park.

A Lion in Victoria Park, East London ?

A lion in Victoria Park?

No its not a big cat, its a Pavi Lion.

Fences have been erected during the restoration work on the park in East London. I am not sure if the placement of the sign is deliberate. The pavilion is the building with the glass dome.

The lake has been drained as part of the restoration work.

First daffodils

First daffodils in Victoria Park, East London.

Regents Canal temporary closure 2

The Regents Canal is dammed by the Gasometers in Cambridge Heath, East London for repairs to the canal walls. The canal and towpath between the gasometers and the Old Ford Lock is closed for 8 weeks from early February. The rainwater seems to be filling up the canal again.

A week earlier, the gasometers were fuller.

Regents Canal temporary closure

The Regents Canal is being temporarily closed for 8 weeks for repairs to the canal walls between Victoria Park and Broadway Market. The barges have gone and the canal is being drained.

From Old Ford Lock

From Old Ford Lock

From footbridge at Bonner Gate

From footbridge at Bonner Gate

Victoria Park, East London in January

Photos of Victoria Park and Regents canal, East London, on 11 January 2010.

Victoria Park, East London in December

Photos of Victoria Park, East London, on 22 December 2009.

The Regents Canal alongside the park.

The lake.

Snow on the pitch

Snow on the football pitch in Victoria Park, London
and at Meadowbank stadium, Dorking.

Victoria Park, East London,
at dusk in December.

Victoria Park, East London,
at dusk in December.

Meadowbank Stadium, Dorking, Surrey,
on a Saturday afternoon in December.

Meadowbank Stadium, Dorking, Surrey,
on a Saturday afternoon in December.

Rupert the Bear in Victoria Park, London, July 1996.

I was looking through some old photographs and find these pictures of Rupert the Bear in Victoria Park, East London, UK, in July 1996.

Old Photos - Victoria Park

Some old photos of Victoria Park on a foggy day in October 1987.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, more pics

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. in Victoria Park, East London on 21 August 2009.

A friday afternoon in the park

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. in Victoria Park, East London on 21 August 2009.