The British Museum

Photos from a wander around the British Museum in London, only there for about 4 hours so I guess I got around about 20% of it's immense collection or world heritage artifacts..






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Tribute to Michael Jackson outside the Lyric theatre which was showing Thriller - Live.

Another weekend, another medieval church!  Bright hazey clouds providing wonderfully subtle patches of light and shade over the amazing achetectural details.

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Unknown spider/insect.  Spotted alongside Harelquin Ladybird pupa, which are invading Britain from Europe and threatening many native insect species, including our common ladybird varieties.
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One of my favourite photos in a while, a box of ball-bearings found at a car boot sale.  Bargain. 

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Inspiration

Just a quick post to point out the high standard of the photos being entered into The Telegraphs' Big Picture photography competition this year..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hubs/thebigpicture/

.. maybe next year I will get to travel somewhere...

Midsummer Mixture

The shadow of the Lansdowne Obelisk at Cherhill on summer solstice.  As it took a while to break through the clouds it's pointing roughly SWW.

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St Peters church, Poulshot.  Built and modified from the 13th century onwards.  A deaths head & hour glass grave carving popular in the 17-18th century.

By the seaside

Sailing out of Weymouth harbour at dusk


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Cormorant drying its wings in the Sun


Old Lower lighthouse, Portland Bill

Painted Lady butterfly sucking nectar from an Aster flower, after its 1000 mile migration from Morocco. This year looks set to be the biggest migration of these butterflies from Africa to England ever, since heavy winter rains in the Atlas mountains provided good food for their young and then hot weather has lured them north. Millions will have made the journey and come autumn they will all be heading back south again.

Another weekend selection of allsorts..

Spent the weekend in the Sun on the south coast, with an array of all manner of interest to point my lenses at..  

  

Playing cat and pigeon.








St Gregory's church, 12th Century, built over the original wooden 8th century structure.  The body of the famous smuggler, Jack Rattenbury - a real life Jack Sparrow, is buried in the graveyard here.. read about his amazing adventures here.

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The beach at Beer

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St Peters church, built for use by the nearby Grove prison by prisoners in 1892.  It is now privately owned.

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Two wooden crosses dedicated to unknown seamen washed ashore after HMS Formidable was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast during an exercise at the start of the First World War. Only 199 men survived from a crew of 750. Some fascinating facts about that day can be read here.

Folk Festival 2

The last few from last weeks Folk Festival full of smiling bearded men and there shiney accordians...



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A Big Issue seller and co.