Just My Pics

Remembrance Sunday

2014-11-11T19:53:00.001+00:00

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

Flight Deck

2013-01-05T20:13:00.000+00:00

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

2013-01-02T00:23:00.001+00:00

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

2012-12-31T22:56:00.002+00:00

Candles at Rochester Catherdral.

SA Agulhas on the Thames

2012-12-01T23:58:00.000+00:00

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

2012-07-10T23:21:00.000+01:00

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

2012-07-08T23:18:00.000+01:00

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

Pylons at Shorne

2012-05-11T00:40:00.001+01:00

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

Ladybird

2012-03-03T17:21:00.002+00:00

A ladybird at Northward Hill nature reserve in Kent.

Log Pile

2012-02-15T21:30:00.000+00:00

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

2012-02-12T22:39:00.001+00:00

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

Across the Medway

2011-12-10T11:06:00.003+00:00

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

Trooping Funnel

2011-11-28T23:08:00.003+00:00

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

2011-11-11T00:01:00.001+00:00

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

2011-10-18T00:30:00.000+01:00

The churchyard at Wouldham, Kent.

Underneath the Arches

2011-10-16T00:26:00.002+01:00

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

2011-10-14T00:19:00.001+01:00

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

Kitchener

2011-10-12T00:09:00.002+01:00

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!

2011-09-09T00:01:00.002+01:00

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

2011-09-07T00:01:00.002+01:00

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

Medway mud

2011-09-04T10:46:00.001+01:00

A shot taken from the Saxon Shore Way at Bloors Wharf on the River Medway in Kent looking across to Motney Hill.

On the Waterfront

2011-09-03T18:23:00.003+01:00

A line of three redundant Stothert and Pitt cranes at Imperial Wharf, Gravesend. Tilbury Power Station in the background.

For more information about Imperial Wharf please see my sister blog here

Field of gold

2011-08-27T00:01:00.001+01:00

A field of golden wheat awaiting harvest at Cooling in Kent.

I took this photo on one of my walks through Kent. I write about my walks (amongst other things) on my blog Kent Today and Yesterday.

On the footplate

2011-08-25T00:01:00.002+01:00

This is a view of the footplate of the steam engine 60163 Tornado taken during a water stop at Headcorn, Kent earlier this year.

I like the way the glow of the fire reflects on the fireman's face.

My son was lucky enough to be invited up to have a quick look on the footplate.

On borrowed time

2011-08-23T00:01:00.001+01:00

We spent a few hours on the beach at Hastings recently and my son made this sandcastle.

Unfortunately the tide was coming in and being a typically British Summer's day it was blowing a gale.