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A fantastic day for a ride - no wind, warm sunshine and so quiet everywhere.
The reason for it being so quiet is not so good of course.
Waking up yesterday morning everything seemed normal, if a tad cold and windy.
Setting off on Fatso for a bit of a mooch about I was surprised to find some places had seen some snow overnight. Only a light dusting mind, nothing to get excited about!
Approaching Trevithick Downs, with Newquay Airport in the background.
I was actually heading away from the camera here, but have a thing about not laying a bike down on its drive side so turned it round for the photo.
Horses by a stream on the road to Red Strand, Cork, Ireland.
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a month since my last upload, where did the time go ? Mainly hibernating from the awful weather and also doing some shoots that can't go up on Flickr just yet. Anyway the sun finally came came out over the weekend and I went for a little photowalk round my neighbourhood with my new D800.
渋谷ストリームを臨むサラダ専門店。春の日差しの中、キャップを被りサラダを食べる女性の姿は、高速道路の上に掲げられたプロゴルファーととどこか重なって見えた。
A salad specialty store overlooking Shibuya Stream. In the spring sunshine, the figure of a woman wearing a cap and eating a salad somehow overlaps with that of a professional golfer on a billboard hanging above the highway.
Upon arriving in Tokyo (and for being awake for almost 24 hours), we decided to venture across the city to the Tokyo Skytree.
We had read that the 2013 Hanami Sakura "Cherry Blossom Season" had been unusually early this year, so didn't expect to see any Cherry Blossoms during our visit. Yet whilst walking through Tokyo, we found these little Cherry Blossom trees brightening up the urban walkways.
Fatso down by the river in Idless Woods yesterday.
I'm not at all sure what that structure he's leaning on was, but it right at the bottom of what could be an old Drover's path that runs straight as a gun barrel and sunken in parts, from a footpath that enters at the very top of the wood.
On the outskirts of Stranraer, SW Scotland
[Please see my Flickr album "Trains & Railways" for other railway pictures]
I was sat waiting for a walker, or a fellow bi-wheeler, even a tractor to appear in that little bit of road visible in the distance. The plan being to nab a zoomed in shot with the telephoto on the other camera just as someone got into shot.
Ah well, it was nice twenty minutes or so sat in the sun waiting (of course, nothing suitable appeared in this time, despite me having already seen numerous walkers and cyclists. The only sign of activity down there was car, and I didn't want one of those in the shot).
Cutting up from the heavingly busy Grassmarket (many making use of the outdoor areas of the pubs and restaurants in the sudden spring sunshine) I walked up the Vennel towards the Meadows, and part way up I saw a photographer using this spot for some wedding photos for a couple's big day, and had to shoot off a quick snap before going past. They certainly got a nice day for it!
ODC, Signs Of The Season
The Flickr Lounge, Food
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New season's asparagus, locally grown just shouts Spring for me. Here, in Germany, they take the Spargel (sh-pah-gel) season very seriously and are particularly fond of white asparagus, which is lightly cooked and served on special plates with hollandaise sauce, spargel potatoes and slices of ham or smoked salmon. I love the smoked salmon variation and the whole ceremony of it all, but Mr Nomad and LG aren't so keen, so we stick with the green version, which I cook on a griddle, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and drizzle with a little lemon butter - delicious!
The Meadows was also extremely busy with people making the most of the first real spring weather of the year (we've had dry, bright days but cold - this time it was warm as well as sunny), and this chap had the right idea, reading in lap, shoes off and sitting under a shady tree.
The main A39 that runs past my home port, just after lunchtime, and empty. Even given today is a Bank Holiday, it is still incredibly quiet.
Carland Cross wind farm in the background.