Let It Be

"Let It Be", the musical tribute to The Beatles, opens at the Prince of Wales theatre in Coventry Street, London.

 It is 50 years in October since the release of "Love Me Do", the first single by The Beatles.
  

September 2012

 November 2010
It replaces Mamma Mia which has moved to the Novello theatre in the Aldwych.

Update:
The Spice Girls musical is on the way:

Viva Forever. a new musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls, 
previews at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, on 27 November 2012, with the opening night on 11 December 2012.

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".

Flags in Dorking for 2012 Olympics Road Race

Dorking gets ready for the cycling road race in the 2012 London Olympics.

Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man is a favourite in the mens' race, hence the Isle of Man flag with the three legs.

The two races will pass through the town centre on the way to nearby Box Hill, the men on Saturday 28 July and the women on Sunday 29 July. The races will also go past the Denbies Wine Estate.

See  also previous entry of  pictures of the road race route through Dorking.

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

Anyone but Germany ?

A pub outside Dorking Station welcomes supporters of all the countries in Euro 2012, except Germany?

After the semi-finals, things were simpler, Italy or Spain!

Swans Scratching

Swans preparing themselves for the evening in Hyde Park, London.

You need a long neck to scatch in those awkward places 

if you have no hands.