Remembrance Sunday

My seven year old son Luke at the Merchant Navy Memorial, Tower Hill, London taken on Remembrance Sunday.

Flight Deck

My five year old son Luke "flying" a Vickers VC10 airliner at the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey.

The Museum is built on the site of the former Brooklands racing circuit and Vickers aircraft factory where iconic planes such as the Wellington bomber and Vickers Viscount were built.

The Museum is very family friendly and well worth a visit.

Drumming in the New Year

A member of Section 5 Hastings drummers drumming in the old town on New Year's Day 2013.

I won't promise, but this year I'm hoping to post more frequently to this and my other blogs!

Please feel free to leave any comments.

Candles

Candles at Rochester Catherdral.

SA Agulhas on the Thames

The South African polar exploration/training vessel SA Agulhas passing Gravesend on the River Thames inward bound for West India Dock, London.

For more information please see The Coldest Journey

Busy Bee

A close up of a bee I saw during a recent walk over the North Downs in Kent. Anyone know what sort of bee it is? - assuming it is a bee of course...

Tilbury Power Station - Sepia

A moody shot across the Thames of Tilbury Power Station in Essex.

Pylons at Shorne

A row of pylons surrounded by fields of oilseed rape at Shorne, Kent.

Ladybird

A ladybird at Northward Hill nature reserve in Kent.

Log Pile

I was walking the Wealdway (long distance path through Kent) and came across this log pile and thought the shapes would make an interesting photo.

Woodland Path

Taken on a recent walk through the North Downs near Meopham, Kent

Across the Medway

A view across the River Medway at low tide from Burham looking towards Snodland.

Trooping Funnel

This is a Trooping Funnel mushroom (apparently) which I found during a recent walk on the Downs in Kent.

You can't tell the scale from the picture but it was a monster. About 6" tall and about 5" across the cap.

There was a circle of them around the base of a large tree. Very impressive. They are supposed to be edible but I didn't want to take any chances.

Merchant Navy Memorial

The Merchant Navy memorial at Gravesend, Kent commemorating seafarers lost during the Second World War.

The sailing barge moored in the background is the Cambria.

Wouldham Churchyard

The churchyard at Wouldham, Kent.

Underneath the Arches

The point where three bridges cross the River Medway just upriver from Rochester, Kent. The two bridges in the foreground carry the M2 motorway. The bridge in the background is for the Eurostar/High Speed Rail link from London to the Channel Tunnel.

Follow the band

A march past through Rochester, Kent. Any idea how they know where they are going?

Kitchener

Memorial to Field Marshall Kitchener outside Fort Amherst in Chatham, Kent.

Kitchener's face appeared on the famous World War I British Army recruiting posters. He died in 1916 whilst on the way to a diplomatic mission in Russia. His ship was sunk by a mine laid by a German U boat.

Fight!

This shot was taken at Loseley Park in Surrey.

We were at an English Civil War re-enactment where over a thousand people took part in a full scale battle with cavalry, cannons, musketeers and pikemen (as shown above).

Ferrari

Close up of the badge of a Ferrari Mondial which my company recently shipped to Cape Town, South Africa.