A nice sunny day in London yesterday and maybe the first signs of Spring! We ended up spending a few hours there with my parents (on the way from one set of sun, the Seychelles and Dubai, to another - the south of France) but I think I seemed to photograph more animals than plants. Perhaps I've already photographed every plant there already!
I was 30 last week. Great. The good thing was that we got a last minute cancellation The Fat Duck in Bray and were there like a shot for dinner service on my birthday itself.
Everything was just perfect - the food utterly out of this world (and I think would have been even more amazing if I didn't know quite a lot of the courses already), service impeccable, decor was muted yet somehow suited the mentalness of everything else.
I didn't take pictures of every single course (most people did take cameras though) but I snapped a few. You can see other peoples' up on Flickr.
Even though it was £130 a head (goes up to £150 in January) I still think this represents amazing value for money. We had 15-odd courses and were there for 4½ hours. I've had three courses at other places that were nearly as expensive.
Go. Do anything. Sell an organ, anything! Just go!
I spent the last week up in Derbyshire with some friends, although it mostly comprised an entire family clan. The weather was perfect for lots of walking and biking.
Stupidly I pushed myself too hard on one of the days and ended up with some eye trouble. Many hours in various hospitals later I was diagnosed with a Branch Retinal Venous Occlusion - essentially a small stroke leading to haemorrhaging - by the fantastic people at Sheffield Hallam's eye casualty. This isn't in any way normal for someone that isn't crusty so I'm now being seen by Moorfields. Hopefully the haemorrhages will clear in the next couple of weeks and restore the vision in that eye.
Sorry about the photo quality, I only took my compact with me on this trip.
Not only does it have a funny name, but they suggest that you "Drink Yourself Happy"...
Pictures of the police presence in the gallery...
I had some fun making this HDR photo of Canary Wharf this afternoon - hope you like it :)
The new lift in my building
Well done to Linda, Ben, Mark & Piers! It was a scorching day, but I think everyone just about survived!
After the deluge, the weather turned out fantastically sunny and it was a great day.
Some pictures in the gallery for you...
I realised that they did (obviously) have support vehicles, just not as many!
I've posted some photos of NY up in the gallery - sorry the quality isn't great, they were taken on my phone as I didn't want to bring my SLR with me. Hopefully i'll get back here sometime soon when I have more time on my hands.
Oh, and if you're looking for a Gallery2 upload client for Vista, take a look at Pix2Gallery2- it's not entirely bug free, but it'll do!
