View allAll Photos Tagged P104
A surprise meeting in Gravesend on 22-08-15 is seeing this elderly Dennis Dart P104 OLX operating for Nu Venture.
Some overlap with yesterday’s image (The Shard, the Walkie Talkie), but from a different location. We revisited The Garden @ 120. This delightful garden also provides some stunning views across London.
Admittedly, you have to accept the reflections from the glass ‘walls’, but I think that’s a small price to pay.
P104-1275 Taken at: The Garden at 120, Fenchurch Street, London
Not a Highland glen
It looks like a scene from a Highland glen – with a wee loch tucked behind the trees. But, it’s part of the ‘native zone’ at Dundee Botanic Garden.
The ‘wee loch’ is the River Tay!
P104-2142 Taken at: Botanic Garden, Dundee, Scotland
Change your perspective
Shoot from low down. Include some foreground interest. Make an effort and move around.
P104-1931: Taken at: West Pier, St Monans, Scotland
On edge
Well… I had my macro lens on the camera. So, why not?
P104-2997 Taken at: Murray Place, Perth, Scotland.
Aberdeen station pilot No 08680 stabled in on of the bay platforms complete with "Northern Lights" headboard.
Built at Horwich works and delivered as D3847 to 9E Trafford Park on 15th August 1959 she was renumbered 08680 in July 1974, withdrawn in July 1992 and scrapped at M.C.Metal Processing Motherwell in September 1993.
Copyright © Keith Long - All rights reserved.
Photo Ref No P104/N27
Where the cool kids go…
…to meet other cool kids?
There was certainly a big crowd sitting by the Regent’s Canal on a warm summer evening.
P104-0805 Taken at: Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London
Set the scene
At a familiar location? Add an element to make it clear where you are.
In this case the creels and the hoist at St Monans harbour.
P104-1928: Taken at: West Pier, St Monans, Scotland
After arrival at Aberdeen are Class 43 No 43156 with the 0605 from London Kings Cross, and 47470 'University of Edinburgh' with the 1125 Glasgow Queen Street.
Copyright © Keith Long - All rights reserved.
Photo Ref No P104/N25
Float-sam
Standing watching the waves breaking at the shoreline, I was captivated by the seaweed as it floated and swayed.
Simple things please me.
P104-0666 Taken at: Irvine harbour, Ayrshire, Scotland
Whachadoing?
Taking this photo seemed to confuse some of the dog walkers in our local park. One in particular offered his dog as an alternative subject. He was then confused about how I could focus on raindrops.
And… several dogs came over out of curiosity/attention-seeking behaviour.
Well, at least it started a conversation!
P104-1629 Taken at: Viewlands Park, Perth, Scotland
P104 OLX was the regular fare on service 70 in May 2015 but it was withdrawn October 2015 and sold for scrap on MoT expiry as bus was not to 'DDA' specification,.sadly.
Probably the best Dart of this vintage ever run by Nu-Venture, it was acquired as a stop-gap after service with Hedingham, and ran in their colours for a while.
More spirals
… but a different pattern. Apparently the different tiling patterns were intended to help people recognise the stations. I don’t know if that’s true, but I like the variety. And I’m fond of a spiral staircase too!
P104-5198 Taken at: Regents Park Tube station, London
If it’s cold enough for a hat…
2 of 4
… let’s just say, ‘Rather them than me!’
P104-6862 Taken at: Irvine beach, Ayrshire, Scotland
Old favourites
One option at a familiar location is to revert to old favourites.
In my case, that includes creels. During our visit to Pittenweem, I was trying to resist this temptation… until I saw these cuboid creels. This was a new form to me, so…
P104-1871 Taken at: Pittenweem, Scotland
The sincerest form of flattery
According to Oscar Wilde, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In which case, the architect of the new British Library must have been an admirer of St Pancras Station. To my untrained eye and ill-informed brain there are some striking similarities – the red brick colour, the striking tower, the clock face.
I think that the architecture of the British Library is stunning… and it sits comfortably alongside its older neighbour.
P104-0906 Taken at: The British Library, Euston Road, London
Park Life
Something a bit more traditional from Regent’s Park – formality and symmetry.
I liked the foreboding sky and the element of backlighting here. I wonder if I’d have noticed any of this if we’d approached from the other direction.
Maybes aye, maybes naw.
P104-5257 Taken at: Regent's Park, London
The real cool kids
If you want to cool down, do it with carefree abandon. Lots of smiles and laughter from these children.
(I resisted the temptation.)
P104-0788 Taken at: Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London
Well… when you’re in a garden, it makes sense to look at the planting. This combination of verbena bonariensis with the grasses created a soft feeling, with a gentle sense of movement. Very soothing.
P104-1272 Taken at: The Garden at 120, Fenchurch Street, London
Strand-ed
My next mini-series of London photos were taken on The Strand – just before taking yesterday’s image.
As we waited to cross at Waterloo Bridge, I noticed the magnificent architecture of the Wellington pub. So… I started taking some shots, while waiting for the traffic lights to change… to be continued.
P104-4631 Taken at: Waterloo Bridge, London
Not sure I'm clear on the details of this particular GT40, but I love the colour scheme, which apes the early prototype cars, particularly P/104 from what I can tell. Whatever, it looks achingly cool to my eyes. There were a lot of people in the background of this shot, and it stretched the limits of what I could manage within the constraints of the image...
Cornelia Parker @ Tate Britain
The highlight of our trip to London was a visit (courtesy of our daughter) to see the Cornelia Parker exhibition. I wouldn’t hesitate to go again.
We’ve seen some of the pieces before. But seeing them all in one place was stunning. Unusually for me, I enjoyed the guided tour, which proved loads of insight to these amazing works.
However, I realise that posting photos of art installation doesn’t necessarily make for exciting entries in this space. So, I’ll limit myself to two images.
This one shows ‘Thirty Pieces of Silver’ (my favourite). And, I chose this photo because I liked the way that these two women were looking intently at it – oblivious to my presence!
P104-0990 Taken at: Tate Britain, Millbank, London
Mayne of Clayton: 4 (P104 HNC) an East Lancs Cityzen bodied Scania N113DRB, captured in this scene here on Boyle Street outside the First Manchester depot at the start of the Trans Lancs Rally 1996.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 1st September 1996.
Ref No. Scan05060/JL.
New life from old
While visiting the Botanic Garden, I was captivated by this earthwork by Adrien Segal. It’s called Cyclogenesis, because several eucalyptus trees were felled by Storm Arwen and Barra.
Not only do I like the celebration of new life from old; it also reminds me of what happened to the eucalyptus tree in our garden. A car crashed through the wall and rammed into our eucalyptus. Stunningly, it regrew with multiple stems… and I love it even more.
P104-2238 Taken at: Botanic Garden, Dundee, Scotland
Nu-Venture 104 P104 OLX is seen on Sir John Hawkins Way, Chatham running empty back to its base in Aylesford after working route 151. Thursday 4th June 2015.
Dennis Dart SLF 9.2m - Plaxton Pointer (Ex-Metroline DLS4 & Hedingham Omnibuses L344)
IMG_23921
Super-helpful
A friendly member of staff showed me this sign… after moving a notice board that was in front of it. He also gave me some pointers for other stations to visit where there was interesting tiling.
I was very impressed that he took an interest in what I was doing and showed some pride in the heritage of the organisation that he worked for.
P104-5206 Taken at: Regents Park Tube station, London
Ancient and modern
Since I was in the neighbourhood… a wee hand-held, stitched panorama.
4-frame stitched pano P104-200; -203; -206; -209 Taken at: Tower of London, London
Hidden in plain sight
This wonderful building is part of Irvine Central Hospital. But, most people (including me) tend to ignore it as they scurry to and from appointments.
I suspect that it is not practical for modern medicine, but it is magnificent.
P104-5957 Taken at: Central Hospital, Irvine, Scotland