Summertime By The Regents Canal

This must be one of the best Summers we've seen here in the U.K for a long time. Although

England has now been described officially as in a drought. Rivers are drying up, grass,

fields and farmlands are all looking parched and it could affect the food and agriculture industry.

And tomorrow on Thursday we're expecting our fifth heatwave with temperatures of 36c or 37c.

So could our Summer be bowing out by next week? Somehow I hope not with just 2 weeks

to go before Autumn. I really don't want the Summer to end. So lets hope we're in for

an Indian Summer. I'm really not ready for the long dark nights after the last horrible Winter.

So above and below are some recent new pictures and a video taken down by 

The Regents Canal during a short walk from St John's Wood near Lords Cricket Ground

and up to the Feng Shang Princess Floating Chinese Restaurant.

Some of the colouring in the video is looking a bit off, which I'm working on. I might have to

use my stills camera a bit more often with it's video camera option, which gives me less problems.

 

The Bike Riders Are Back!

Sunday the 14th of June saw in this year's London World Naked Bike Ride. An event

that first began back in June 2004. And it's purpose is to protest against car culture and

the dependency on oil as well as road bicycle safety. 

The event usually takes place on the first Saturday in June but this year the organizers

scheduled it in a week later on a Sunday.

Although being quite busy myself that Sunday, I just made it to Wellington Arch by Hyde

Park Corner just as all the riders gathered at the finishing point, while at the same

time there was a huge gathering of Ukrainians celebrating their annual Vyshyvanka

March (top image), but they swiftly moved on once the bike riders turned up.

As for this year's event I couldn't help noticing less women taking part. Either that or

most of them took off home once the bike ride ended rather than endure the endless requests

from hungry photographers on the Wellington Arch Green.

I think it is just the guys that seem to like posing at the end. In fact an extraordinary guy

from Taiwan (below)  with amazing long hair asked me to take several pictures of himself 

and to e-mail them to him, which I did, although probably not safe to post them up here. He

also mentioned to me that he will be at The Brighton Bike Ride coming up in early September.

The World Naked Bike Ride.

The Classic Car Boot Sale Kings Cross 2026

So it was great to finally get out and about for some photo blogging after that long

Winter. And last weekend saw in The Classic Car Boot Sale, an idea first thought up

by designer Wayne Hemingway back in 2011. Although I feel that the name of the event 

belittles itself as there are car boot sales going on everywhere all the time.

What about calling it The Annual Vintage and Retro Festival.

The event is described as two full weekend days of retro inspired fun fashion, classic

cars and sustainable shopping at Granary Square Kings Cross London.

And it's clear to see that visiting fans of retro and nostalgia seem to favour the 1940's

and 1950's, with many all decked out in clothing attire from those very decades.

THE CLASSIC CAR BOOT SALE FACEBOOK

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My Previous large Car Boot Sale post from 2017.