60163 Tornado at Paddington

While we were living in London last year, a relative mentioned to me that a modern steam locomotive had been built in the UK and was running on the main lines sometimes. I looked it up, and found out about the amazing LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, including the fact that it was scheduled […]

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Hampton Court

Another much delayed post. Last year while in London, we visited Hampton Court Palace while the winter market was on. It’s a lovely and interesting site that was originally built by Cardinal Wolsey before being used by Henry VIII once Wolsey fell out of favor. Despite the wintry conditions, there were some nice photos to […]

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Anselm Kiefer, Walhalla

Bit late on this post, but there was an excellent Anselm Kiefer installation/exhibition at a Southwark gallery in London recently. After I was done enjoying it, I went back around to try and capture some of the feel of it. All shots from my iPhone, processed with Darkroom or RNI Films. (fun sidebar: there’s also […]

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Fire Garden

As part of the commemoration of the Great Fire of London, 350 years ago this year, there was an amazing fire garden in front of the Tate Modern this weekend. We went last night, and it was incredible. There’s also a projection on the dome of St Paul’s, and an unrelated but also great floating […]

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Day Out in London

I thought I’d show a collection from Instagram here, of a day out in London, in order to record them in a more permanent and ordered fashion. I’ve been experimenting with the Darkroom app for iOS now that VSCO got an iffy UI, and enjoying it. It’s got a better UI than Snapseed and seems […]

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