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.

Puddles of London

There are strange things you see in puddles:

A large puddle in London Fields, E8

Cecil Court, West End

(the white marks are on the pavement)

London Eye and Southbank Centre

Recently there have been a lot of puddles in London.

Central St Giles

New buildings at Central St Giles by Renzo Piano. The facades of the buildings are decorated with yellow, orange, green and red glazed terracotta tiles. The development includes offices, apartments and shops.

Orange tiles

Green tiles

Red tiles

Green and yellow tiles

Central St Giles website