Lost balloons of Hackney

A family of balloons, 2 white and 2 orange, had made a bid for freedom but were stuck in a tall tree in Hackney. The tree was clearly too tall for anybody to retrieve the balloons which had managed to wrap themselves around the high branches.

Walking in Dorking

A  line  of  walkers  descending  a  hill  on  the  Nower  in  Dorking,  Surrey

Dorking  High  Street

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.

Dorking, Surrey - 2012 Olympic Cycling road race route

As I mentioned in my previous blog entry, the 2012 Olympic cycling road race will be passing through the town of Dorking in Surrey. Here are some pics of the route:

Dorking High Street, part of the 2012 Olympic Cycling road race course

West Street, Dorking

Cyclists already trying out the route on West Street

Flowers in Dorking

Dorking High Street which is to be part of the course

for the cycling road race in the 2012 Olympics.

A flower shop on the high street.

The Olympic cycling course also goes past the roundabout featuring the Dorking cockerel, see Dorking cockerel picture.

January Blues - a restaurant waiting for customers

Waiting for customers, a Steakhouse restaurant near Leicester Square, Central London, in the early evening.

Lights in the window of the restaurant

Blooms Pianos, Kingsland Road, Hackney

An old advert for Blooms Pianos,  Kingsland Road, near the Geffrye Museum.
It reads:

Bloom's Pianos for Perfection
Call or Write 134 Kingsland Rd
Phone Bishopsgate 9087


In the bottom right corner, it reads:

Howell Signs
Clerkenwell 7275