Saturday 19 May 2018

A Right Royal Carry On..... And a Cancelled trip to Cornwall.


ABOVE:   SURF ON PORTHMEOR BEACH ST IVES    PHOTO Deejohn



We were due to shoot off down to Cornwall today but sadly
we had to cancel as my partner has the builders in all this
week. It does seem a bit of a shame as the weather predictions
are good for this coming week.
Oh well, we'll have to settle for a September visit again.

VIDEO BELOW  UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE

VIA CORNWALL & DEVON TV


Including HD Aerial drone video footage.

I was pleased to find this video of popular Cornwall tourist hotspot
St Ives. And I've noticed that over the last couple of years that
youtubers down in the West Country are starting to make much
more professional videos thanks to new technology with the
use of video camera drones.
Of course we're not allowed so much freedom of use with
drones in heavily built up City areas. But for the fortunate
owners of video drones, it does allow them to film some quite
spectacular aerial shots that gives viewers an even more accurate
layout of the land.


SATURDAY  5th MAY  BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

ABOVE:  LOURENCO AND TOMAS FROM 'THIS BAND UK.'

TOP PHOTO BY DEEJOHN


THE BELOW THREE IMAGES ARE BY REMI SULLIVAN



Over the recent busy Bank Holiday weekend I managed to squeeze in another visit
to Portobello Road Market. I also happened to bump into the boys Lourenco and
Tomas from ThisBandUK. Unfortunately I just missed their Street performance
and they were packing up to leave. But I did have a quick word with them and even
got a couple of pictures of them. They did say that they would be performing at
Brick Lane Market on the following day, but I had already planned a visit to
The Little Venice Canal Festival. So hopefully I might see them at Portobello Road
another time as they said that they appear there every few weeks at weekends. 
Below: ThisBandUK performing at Portobello Road last Summer.
And quite clearly on a fairly warm day as the boy's t-shirts came
off.  No doubt to the delight of passing girls, and maybe a few
boys too.

THESE THREE IMAGES BY REMI SULLIVAN.


My original blog posting of the boys along with a video I made
can be found HERE.





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Below is my Honesty plant. You might remember how I found
some seed pods on the local Heath, eventually planting those
seeds. And amazingly it has now sprouted it's own seed pods (below)
and almost overnight. They look a bit green
at the moment but eventually they turn flaky white.
And from there later in the Summer I can gather the seeds
and create another lot of Honesty plants which are currently
now in flower.



Above are the original seeds which I gathered in 2016,
keeping them in a jar over the Winter eventually planting
them in Spring 2017.


One of the stranger pictures I took on Hampstead Heath over the recent
Bank Holiday weekend.
I often refer to this gothic looking building as The Witches Cottage. 

4 comments:

  1. Pity about your holiday. I do like a bare topped musician. Plenty of nice photos, thanks. I have seen those seed pods but I had no idea what they were called or looked like alive. I will save the video of St Ives to savour tomorrow.

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  2. Andrew, Yes, typical that had we gone, just for once the sun would have shone every day.

    Those seed pods are interesting. When I first planted some a few years ago a Japanese friend asked what those strange pods were.
    They took a few back home and successfully planted them giving them several Honesty plants.
    I'm sure you'll like the brief video.

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  3. Dee, great to see you're back online! I hope you are doing well against your colon cancer. As for your comments of Harry's wedding, I couldn't believe how many cable channels over here covered that wedding, then repeated it. Despite my love for English history (I have dozens of books), I mowed my lawn instead of watching that. Best wishes to you and I look forward to visiting this site.

    Ken (formerly Eosinophil)

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  4. Kenneth, Yes I remember the name Eosinophil. For some reason I always thought it was a Spanish or Greek name.
    Yes, bearing through all the after effects of the cancer. The Colon seems to have a mind of it's own.

    I think that there was a lot of outdoor type people taking advantage of the good weather during that Royal Wedding,
    preferring to be out and about doing something better. Some making youtube videos with the emphasis 'We're NOT watching
    the wedding.'
    Maybe you have books or book on Queen Victoria. Just watched an interesting three part tv documentary all about her.

    Anyway, just trying now to put together a new blog post. Thanks for visiting. Dee.

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